[simpits-tech] Looking for some sounds...

[Brian West.]

Hi Justin,
 I understand what you are saying here and quite agree about physical damage
etc. I've probably tried about six different setups of woofers and bass
shakers but have never got what I'd call a realistic result.
    Speaker enclosure design is one of those black arts as far as I can see.
    The latest incarnation of the pit which is under construction now has
one Aura bass shaker under the C of G ( forward edge of the seat), and a
second one under the pedal box. Plus a pair of 100w woofers on the seat
sides. The cental bass shaker has an adjustable mounting so the contact with
the (tiled) floor can be altered. The monitor which forms the instrument
panel is on isolation mounts, so shoud be O.K.
   I'm hoping this is going to do the trick.

   Does anybody on the list know anything about heavier duty transducers? I
reckon a four point mounting at each corner would be pretty good.
I visited Fantasy of Flight in Florida early this year and they had a
complete WW11 bomber fuselage vibrating properly with engines, so the gear
exists.
   Thanks Alan for the story about Disney Animatronics, reminds you the
world didn't begin with the PC.                 Regards , Brian West.

p.s. If any one has bought a V.R.F. seat cushion I would be very interested
in hearing your opinion.

-----Original Message-----
From: Justin Messenger <jjmessenger@yahoo.com>
To: Simpits-tech@simpits.org <Simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Date: 15 October 2002 21:28
Subject: [simpits-tech] Looking for some sounds...


>Me thinks it is a lot more practical to simply build
>some transducers into your pit. When you touch down,
>get hit by enemy fire, or kick in afterburner you know
>it. _TRUST ME_  I know there are a bunch of other
>people on this list who can second that from their own
>experience.
>
>My first experience with transducers was in Kiko's
>cockpit.
>http://www.picornell.net/images/Viper1/viper%201%20homepage.htm
>
>Everytime I kicked in burner I about jumped out the
>pit from surprise! I was not used to that kind of
>feedback at all and had a computer subwoofer in my
>pit. He has a little transducer right in the back of
>his real ejection seat and it has some punch.
>
>I've since been in other pits and the ones without the
>transducers were boring. I now have two for my
>cockpit.
>Marv built a subwoofer box into the rear of his
>cockpit behind the ejection seat. That was very
>effective too, but takes more work to construct and
>the overall sound volume is much louder per the same
>amount of feedback.
>
>out of balance motors will shake the crap out of your
>pit or make it feel like a massage chair(been there
>done that). I dont think in the long term you will
>want anything "banging your pit" either. It tears
>things up (electronics) if not designed properly.
>Of course the VRF feedback seat would be the best way
>to go. That is a case where motors are preferable.
>
>Prohm once tested a sound trigger that operated off of
>the "g grunts" in F4.0, The idea being it could drive
>a g suit.
>Just my 2 Cents.
>Justin
>
>-------------------------------
>Touch down.   You could have a pair of out of balance
>motors laterally
>either side of the cockpit to simulate the sort of
>shimmy you get on touch
>down.
>Enemy Fire.   How about two or three solenoids banging
>on the rear bulhead
>to simulate incoming fire. It would be sure to sharpen
>you up.
>
>
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