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Extract roll and g-force data

NAX228

NAX228

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Hi.
I have a project building a motion platform, and neen to extract roll and g-force data from FSX.
The idea is that roll will give sideways motion and G-force will give the pitch+acceleration feeling.
This is just the first step in making the motion platform actually move, and will hopfully be fed with more values as time goes by to make better motion.
I know i can buy software and harware to do this, but i want it to be as homemade as possible.
I have got the mecanical parts from EL-wheelchairs, and there is also controllers in the chair that i hope to use on the MP.

Can anyone here tell me if that is possible via SimConnect? I'm not a programmer, so if anyone want to take part in the project programmingvise, please stand forward;)


I am located in Oslo, and hope to have the MP ready for the big FlightSim convention at ENGM i September.
 
NAX228 said:
Hi.
I have a project building a motion platform, and neen to extract roll and g-force data from FSX.
The idea is that roll will give sideways motion and G-force will give the pitch+acceleration feeling.
This is just the first step in making the motion platform actually move, and will hopfully be fed with more values as time goes by to make better motion.
I know i can buy software and harware to do this, but i want it to be as homemade as possible.
I have got the mecanical parts from EL-wheelchairs, and there is also controllers in the chair that i hope to use on the MP.

Can anyone here tell me if that is possible via SimConnect? I'm not a programmer, so if anyone want to take part in the project programmingvise, please stand forward;)


I am located in Oslo, and hope to have the MP ready for the big FlightSim convention at ENGM i September.
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Did you want the roll value in radians or degrees?
 
I don't know exactly what I need. The values extracted will be fed to a converter which then gives the drive the right amount of power. There will be platform sensors that gives signal back to the system that right amount of power "has been delivered".
There is a good example here, http://www.classicflight.co.uk/DriveChain.htm, but due to the cost and the sensation of home-brew, I would rather not buy these components.

This said, I want to get the data directly from FSX not FSUIPC.
I have got a couple of wheelchairs to get some of the parts from. I fell to this choice due to the power of the motors and the already implemented drive system. The motors are controlled with the joystick, and by giving more or less force to the stick, the motors react steady and well controlled.
I hope to use more or less of the system controlling the wheels, since it's already there, and have the effect i need on my platform. If I could somehow let FSX give the signals like I move the joystick, much is already done.

Remember, I have not done anything like this before, and to learn all about the programming bit that have to be done, mean I will never have it operating.
I need your help, and hope to understand more of what lies beneath as i go.

Regards

GØ
 
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**Update**

The project is rolling, and I will try to set up a website to document the progress.
Thanks to NotASenator, and his coding, I can continue with the actual building of the platform.

I guess he can answer questions about the data extraction.
 
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