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DYNAGOD:

this guy built a hexapod for 2000.00$

http://www.cadsoft.de/~kls/fltsim/


heres a good resource of motion platforms, from military to amusment
http://vr.isdale.com/vrTechReviews/MotionSim_Links_2000.html

Bgnome:

i remember playing the jurassic park game at chuck e cheese and it had a force feedback seat that went along with the "tram" in the game..  those were good times..

shadowdrak:

While we are on the subject, how much would a 6 foot mechanical spider with death lasers cost?  ;)

In all seriousness though, the hydraulic chair thingie would be cool.  It would probably be possible, but you would need to have a good handle on higher-math concepts to get it to feel right.  For driving games it might be possible to get a somewhat good feeling system by just reading controls, but then you have to consider bumps and such.  It would probably be pretty expensive whatever one could build.

Xiaou2:


 Well, it looks like the guy who built the $2000  machine  hasnt really finished it... as there is no software to drive it.   Thats another technical hurdle.

 I do think using motors would be much cheaper, and easier.   My idea was just to make a limited gyro-chair like design.... that had 2 motors.  One for up/down tilting, and one banking left/right.   You could go all out and mount the entire thing on a motor driven spinning floor for an additional axis.

 The sitdown outrun cab was one of my fav's... really added a nice touch.   Later I ran into a Space Harrier SD that had a 25" or larger monitor on it!  I never cared too much for the game... but let me tell you,  with such a large monitor... and the fast gameplay + rocking machine... I litterally felt like I was strapped to a rocket!  ^_^   Giggling like a little schoolgirl all the way!  : )  lol

 If anyone has any scans of the sega sitdowns... Id love to see how they are set up internally.



danny_galaga:


--- Quote from: Lilwolf on October 22, 2004, 01:24:47 pm ---How about the hydraulics used in lowriders?

Those can't be ALL that much...

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they arent designed for quick reactions so they wouldnt be all that appropriate. i second xiaou2 s comment on using electric motors

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