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NASA, Artemis and Servos’ 6DOF Motion Base… To Space and Beyond

This blog was written by Mr. Tom Bryan ES31\ GNC Hardware Team Lead – RF, Electromagnetic Effects, GNC Hardware Branch, Senior Engineer, Flat Floor Robotics Lab & 6 DOF Dynamics Sim Lab for NASA. He worked on the Navigation system for the Artemis SLS system and did the testing for it with our motion base.…

The Motion Base Requirement

(As seen through the eyes of a Feedback Control System Engineer) Written by E. Bruce Baker Over the last several years, there has been much discussion about the need for motion bases for aircraft simulators. Several times, an attempt has been made to prove or disprove the need for a motion base, and indeed, the…

CRJ Simulator Rehab – Part 4

Last time, we figured out that the phidgets controlled everything and that there were all of these phidget files… sigh… (If you haven’t been reading this series on the CRJ, please read 1 thru 3 please.) Return of the Phidgets Rick (my lovely programming engineer) wrote a small but significant program that allowed us to…

Should a motion platform cost $5k?

In my travels on the internet, I have witnessed DIY’er attempting to make motion base platforms from various items. From drill motors to wood, these systems are ingenious, but in my opinion, seem unsafe and will not last over the long term. Let’s explore why… What does it take to build a motion base? At…

Motion Base Platforms and the Flight Simulation Industry

Motion Base Platforms have been apart of the flight simulation industry for a very long time. Longer than one might think… The simulation industry is relatively old (almost 100 years!), but not quite as old as planes have been in the sky. The follow article is an except from wikipedia in regards to the history of…

Checking in on one of our older installations

In 2015, we visited Harris Corp in Melbourne, Florida to inspect a high-angle six-axis motion base platform system that we had installed back in 2003. The system was used to test Sea State 6 antennas for shipboard communications. The customer reported that the system was still functioning well and had been in constant use for…

Five Undeniable Reasons Why People Hate Motion Platforms

What are some of the reasons that people in the simulation industry hate motion platforms? Let’s explore… 1. Cost! Why are they so expensive? 2. Installation… what is required to install a system and what support does it require? 3. Maintenance… Why does it cost so much to operate one? 4. Properly follow motion cues……

Frequency Response of a Servos & Simulation Motion Base Platform

Over the past decades, Servos & Simulation has produced hundreds of motion bases. Most of them custom… most of them last decades. Recently, we were asked to build a custom motion base with a very specific set of criteria. It needed to be a six axis motion base platform, the CG was offset 40″ from…

CRJ Simulator Rehab – Part 3

Once again in our ongoing segment on how to bring a trainer back to life… we begin where we left off… with nothing in the simulator (buttons, switches and the like) except the glass working….Step 7 – Phidget and Project Magenta LandSo here we were and not a switch or button to be working… I…

Florida Institute of Technology mentions Servos in published Article

Last week, FIT’s Human Spaceflight Lab had an article written about what they were doing. A few years ago, Mr. Doule came to us with an idea… an idea of something that he required, but wasn’t quite sure as to how to get there. Take a look at the article and how Servos helped them…

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