Anyone use motors in their cabs?

[milhouse]

I'm starting my cab shorty and one thing I really want to be able to do is increase and decrease the angle of the monitor using the a switch.  I was thinking that it shouldn't be too hard to implement but then again I don't know much about how to do this.  I could of course do it manually (and probably take some weight off by using a hydraulic cylinder) but I'm not sure my wife could do it due to an injury that limits the amount of weight she can lift.

Anyone ever do this or have any thoughts?

[Green Giant]

My main question is why?

Is this going to be lcd, crt, or tv?  If it is crt there could be issues with degaussing. 

How much are you looking to adjust the angle?  If this is a standard cab you will probably want a glass infront of the monitor so angle should be fixed.  Instead of adjusting the monitor angle to probably suit player, just by a stool for short people.

But for your other question about motors, people have used them before to rotate a monitor from horizontal to vertical screen display.

[milhouse]

My main question is why?

Is this going to be lcd, crt, or tv?  If it is crt there could be issues with degaussing. 

How much are you looking to adjust the angle?  If this is a standard cab you will probably want a glass infront of the monitor so angle should be fixed.  Instead of adjusting the monitor angle to probably suit player, just by a stool for short people.

But for your other question about motors, people have used them before to rotate a monitor from horizontal to vertical screen display.

I have a Betson Multisync.  And my guess would be adjusting a max of 80 degrees.  The reason is that most of the games my wife likes used a monitor at a low angle while most of the ones I like are higher angle, plus it makes more sense for 4 player and light gun games.  My plan was to reposition the glass along with the monitor (although some games had the glass and monitor at different angles - Donkey Kong comes to mind - so it might not be a problem if it was fixed anyway).

[Afterburner]

I'd recommend a small ballscrew/jackscrew electric actuator.

You can pick these up surplus relatively cheap.

They have plenty of force and operate and a very controllable speed for precise positioning.

Most of the ones I see floating around are/were used for positioning older style home satellite dishes.  With DISH and DirecTV, not too many dishes like that left out there so these things are plentiful.

We've used these for a cockpit mockup we built at work.  The mockup is built on a base and we used a surplus satellite jackscrew actuator to tilt the platform up or down to simulate different approach and climb angles.  Not doing it real time (as I said these aren't speedy actuators) but more of a set and forget application.

[milhouse]

I'd recommend a small ballscrew/jackscrew electric actuator.

You can pick these up surplus relatively cheap.

They have plenty of force and operate and a very controllable speed for precise positioning.

Most of the ones I see floating around are/were used for positioning older style home satellite dishes.  With DISH and DirecTV, not too many dishes like that left out there so these things are plentiful.

We've used these for a cockpit mockup we built at work.  The mockup is built on a base and we used a surplus satellite jackscrew actuator to tilt the platform up or down to simulate different approach and climb angles.  Not doing it real time (as I said these aren't speedy actuators) but more of a set and forget application.

Thank you!  These look perfect.