When I saw the initial setup, which I believe was a 3DOF system, I began by opening up a communications channel via email with you. While searching around I came across a video that was reviewing your product. At this phase I haven’t even began researching the motors or anything else that’s required for a full motion sim. The more I began researching frame designs the more complex things were becoming on my end. Have been researching the motion simulators for a while and have been working on designing a frame constructed out of steel. I’m writing this letter mainly because I wanted to let you all know how my experience has been so far with DOF Reality and what I think of your products. Keep in mind, you’re getting a rig for about half the price of its nearest competitor (in the US anyway) and it works with Simtools out of the box.īut does it work? I’m happy to say YES – it works very well even with my 195lbs/88kg and 80lbs/36kg of gear. Judging by the various pics above and on the web, it appears DOF Reality is refining the build so your version may be slightly different. The kit came pre-drilled with plenty of mounting points but still needed to drill new holes to accommodate every thing specific to my needs. For what it’s worth, I could tell DOF Reality had fully assembled the rig before tearing down and shipping out. All of the bolts and nuts are in labeled packages. DOF Reality includes the only tools you need – 1 crescent wrench and 3 hex wrenches. I had the complete kit built in less than 2 hours (minus controller, seat, and bass shaker mounting). I’ve built a lot of DIY and scratch built items but wow – this kit exceeded my expectations in terms of ease! If you can assemble IKEA furniture, you can assemble this kit. I sent payment and had 2 large boxes arrive less than 10 days later. I was preparing to build version 2 when I came across DOF Reality’s very economical kit. I still made some mistakes and ended up with a heavy but under-powered rig with a little too much play in the levers. For anyone considering this, buy it!! I built my own motion simulator 2 years ago with a ton of help from the awesome users.
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