Hey y'all

[motiondave]

They are continuous single turn, so if you were to put the pot directly on the shaft of the motor, even though you would normally use about 150 deg of turn, if the motor decided to overshoot, you wouldn't break the pot.
Unlike this http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=RP7610 which is cheap, but if attached directly to the motor drive shaft and overshoot happens, you destroy the pot.
A joyrider is not 3DOF capable due to its design.
Motors are your choice.
For sheer grunty lift, but noisy, 12v winches
For quiet and fast operation, and also strong, big worm gears.
You can start with wipers if you like to get the hang of the setup.
As said, the best place for motors is leverage point, not point of axis .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrlzl3Ie7Z8 this is my first setup with wipers and a bad profile, but it moved well.

[Lanian]

which give more range? more effect?
some of these I was looking at seem to move you like 2-3 inches, others seem to move you a full foot up and down.
I like the range the joyrider gives, the ONLY issue I see with it (besides not being a 3dof) is it looks tough to get into
my dad's back isn't what it used to be, so climbing into a contraption is ... not easy. lol

question:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NdVLAO ... re=related
How does that compare? is the movement comparable, or does the joyrider give more of a feel?
is that even a style I can build in a DIY setup?
That was what I had a mental picture of when I first started.

[motiondave]

Thats a sim with 240v motors.
You could build a similar setup, aluminium frame, 12v winch motors , run 3 x 24" screens.
The blue tiger is like a big frex with screens on it.
With winch motors, you could set the movement with decent levers off the motors.
If you want bigger screens, be prepared to go 24v or even 240 motors, that is costly
Movement depends on profiles, speed of motors, reaction time of control boards.
Its a different set up, but my big motors sim runs at 25ms. Most professional drivers that test sims go off 20-40ms. Not sure what the blue tiger runs at.
Any thing is possible with planning.

[Lanian]

You build those?
So how much would that run me to make one of those?
or if you sell them, can you message me with a price for the base?
is it a more difficult setup to build?

If the performance is similar and the price isn't a huge gap, it would be my preferred way to go- I can just put a step there for my dad so he doesn't have to try to crawl into a contraption.

[motiondave]

contact me via ziltoid@optusnet.com.au
Regards, David.