Well I have recruited one of my best friend, a mill write by triad to build the first phase of the Sim. I call it the cage(cockpit area)of my project.He seems really enthusiastic about the project and has a lot of experience in the mechanics and electrical end of things and he has worked with the slip ring assemblies.He is a contractor for P&G and has worked on multimillion dollar equipment for years .This guy keeps plant equipment running.I'm excited about that.We will start to build the cockpit next week.(thank God he is a friend )Keeps my initial cost down although even he isn't free,LOL
I'm still really need some electrical and electronics advise on all required circuitry up to cockpit, due to the fact all the signal will pass through several slip ring assemblies.(I thing USB with hub in cockpit would seem like the easiest way to go in order to keep number of rings in slip ring assemblies down hence the cost down on prototype.)I know a 15 pin system and 115v circuit would be used for video output for 1 monitor and is all I will use on first prototype,but I really want to make sure i have enough circuits to run all the peripherals required to get mouse keyboard ,joystick/pedal etc.I would hate to be 2 circuits short of a full load.LOL.
Although the finish product will be aimed at the amusement industry I want the keyboard and mouse in cockpit for the prototype so I can play with all the values and settings during the testing phase,(with Velcro LOL)basically run my computer as if it was in cockpit with me .
USB boggles my mind and although I have researched the subject I feel my ignorance on the matter leads me to believe i should spent my time doing what I do best, which is the mechanics of the prototype and keeping project moving forward(do what i do best and find someone to do the rest)Once we have build the first stage of cockpit and have the wiring nightmare complected and the slip ring assembly configured (# of rings and circuits) than its just a matter of repeating the steps a few more times to achieve the 3 axis unlimited rotations.I'm still unsure of the video signal interference issues while running through a slip ring assembly.
Any positive advice would be helpful(I swear I have a electrical energy that fries anything i touch that' s electronic ask my wife,I cant even fix my own joystick)
WARNING:May encounter some run on sentencing.
http://sibley.com/complex_slip_rings.php