3doF platform with Ian's motion software
My third platform type with pitch, roll and heave is getting there. Thanks to Ian's motion software, the interface to FS is now getting much more straightforward. I only needed about 15 lines of GWbasic code to get everything up and running, and the results are not bad at all!
I've made a short demo movie, that explains the basic signal flow and some of the motion cues during flight. You can check it out at
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhTTdWp7NWQ"]YouTube - 3doF flightsimulation motion platform[/ame]
more details are on my website.
Another cheap easy to build motor controller!
Congratulations Roland on your progress to date!
Ian's software has certainly made a major conribution to new initiatives in platform building!
I was recently given a couple of boards to experiment with that support an add-on heavy duty motor controller that might be useful to some constructors to investigate and build also!
I cannot find a direct link to the article on line so I located a copy of the EPE August 2005 magazine. The total cost is about £37.00 (UK) and the bare board is available from EPE.
The article is written by Ken Ginn.
http://www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk/projects.html
Projects in the August 2005 issue of EPE Magazine
Motor Amplifier — A heavy duty speed control add-on for radio controlled combat robots. Interfaces with a simple primary speed controller. Operates from robot's on-board 24V d.c. supply, drives a 150W permanent magnet motor and can interface with common RC speed controllers. Forward and reverse control. Our Motor Amplifier design has been battle-hardened and thanks to its paralleled MOSFET output stage is as near bomb-proof as we can make it
Bill.