Simple actuator design test

Autodesk inventor is a pain for animating stuff like this but I’m never one to shy from a challenge 🙂 A large elasticated band supports the weight of the user, and platform, and the linear actuator lifts and lowers them. Fast, responsive and most importantly :...

HAXLR8R Entry filed

Now it’s just a matter of time waiting to see what happens….. On Wednesday I wasn’t even sure it would be done, I rebooted my laptop and suddenly neither video card would work… turns out it was some stupid bug from the latest Oculus drivers...

Rotation and G forces

Let see if I can figure out what the other sims available have in their specifications to see what I need to aim for. CKAS Thruxim static overload (G-force) = up to 0.5G dynamic overload = up to 2G Blue Tiger “BlueTiger provides ±20° of independent pitch and...

Another aborted project

The more I dig into google the more I realise that my idea isn’t quite as unique as I supposed. Doesn’t seem like anyone has actually figured it out completely.

Qubit Sphere

Similar idea on kickstarter. Not sure how I missed this one but they didn’t add any usual keywords such as ‘3DOF’ or ‘motion simulator’… They wanted $48,000 for the project and the unit’s would cost $5k…. They managed to...