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Slow you down..... There are a lot of unfenced fields alongside our local roads, and the wild deer population is rising, so you never knwo what's going to appear suddenly. I was driving within the speed limit, but we were both very lucky here, (us and the deer).

If you're plagued with Jackdaws, Starlings and Pigeons hoovering up your expensive wild bird feed, then this gadget could solve your problem. It's marketed as a 'ground sanctuary', but we fitted ours on a bird table to avoid attracting vermin. It's simply a wire cage with a mesh wide enough to admit all small birds but exclude the larger ones. They take a while to get used to it, but then there...

Videos dubbed from sVHS, taken in 1988. Mostly taken from the deck of the Red Funnel car ferry on passage along Southampton Water, and one scene taken from the Parade at Cowes showing her coming in and dropping down off the foils. The thumbnail shows her out of the water at Shepards Wharf at Cowes during a maintenance session, showing how large the underwater foils are.

Short video dubbed from VHS of Hovertravel's second type of passenger hovercraft (after the SRN6), on the the Southsea-Ryde route. Waving my Mum & Dad off as they return home to Newport. The hovercraft hesitates for a while after entering the water to pass astern of the Sealink Car Ferry, (good manners !)

Here's my DIY mod to get rid of the very abrupt centre detent on the pitch axis of the Turtle Beach VelocityOne flight yoke. This bit of hardware is very good in most respects, but the detent makes subtle pitch adjustments (such as when on final touchdown) very difficult. It's quite simple, just a question of unscrewing the top cover and then removing two plastic shaft stops from the side shaft...

It's difficult to show how strong and immersive the forces can be with the VpForce Rhino Joystick. Here's a short video of a flight in MsFS. I'm "flying" on a DOF Reality H6 motion platform, but for the purposes of this video, that is stationary, to show the haptic feedback from the Rhino joystick alone. It starts with me showing the stick in the full forward position due to the elevator contro...

This short clip shows how I exit my rig at the end of a flight. The Rhino FF Joystick swivels forward so that I can extract my non-gymnastic leg, and then the seat swivels round. The start of the clip shows the very good vibration feedback from the Rhino, while the MsFS c172 was ticking over on the runway.

The seat swivels on an "RV swivelling seat base". It makes it much easier to climb aboard, especially with the side controls. This video clip shows my swinging the seat round and then swivelling the FsForce Rhino Forcefeedback Joystick into place. God knows how people climb aboard otherwise, I'm quite sure I can't lift my leg up over it !

Here's a general view of my much modified DOF Reality H6 motion platform. I've tried to keep it as compact as possible as it has to be used in a fairly confined space. It's mounted on six heavy duty "workbench" castors, to enable it to be pushed into a corner when not in use. Most of the mods have een supported via addon sections of slotted alluminium extrusion, (marvelous stuff). All of the co...

These things are fantastic with driving simulators. My H6 is modified with planetary motors to make flight sims smoother, but the standard direct drive motors are fine with driving simulators because the movements are naturally more abrupt. Every time I let a "Guest" have a go on it, the smile takes a long time to disperse !

The phenomenon of "cogging" occurs when a brush type DC motor turns very slowly or when giving partial revolutions. The electricity to the windings is connected via carbon brushes that touch a segmented commutator, so that as it rotates it connects to each coil in turn. There are therefore points at which the energy force "jumps" onto the next coil, rather than smoothly transfering to it. This ...

Disclaimer - I have no connection with DOF Reality, and these comments are my own personal deductions based on my Engineering training and experience. I've never been able to find any official published guidance on the subject from DOF Reality, but the main component of their SFU gearbox is the proprietary "ball and screw" item, which has plenty of information available through the Internet. It...

Just a short video showing my turntable seat which makes "climbing aboard" so much easier, especially for old geriatrics like me... Whilst the DOF Reality H6 moving platform gives so much realism and immersion with PC simulators, it can be awkward to get on and off with a fixed seat because of the various obstacles at the sides, other controllers etc.. I therefore fitted a standard "RV" (Motor ...

Another short video, this time showing my quick release centre joystick on my DOF Reality H6 moving platform. It can be tricky enough climbing on and off these things, but when you add a centrally mounted joystick as well, that adds yet another think that you have limbo your legs over. I wanted some way of easily attaching after I've sat down, and likewise, a way of lifting it out of the way wh...

h6 geared motors no limits 2

geared motors xp11 norwich test circuit

xp12 c172 over norwich

DOF Reality H3 movements

1987 Littlehampton VHS

1990 Littlehampton from sVHS

2009 Three Rivers Race at Ludham Bridge

1988 Yarmouth, Isle of Wight

1988 Bembridge Harbour and St Helens

1999, Dartmouth, Devon

1996 - Dartmouth, Devon.

1988 - Dartmouth, Devon

1990 Haven Street Railway - Isle of Wight.

1997 Cowes Week - Isle of Wight

Dartmouth 1978 16mm