Building a DIY Wind Simulator - Part 1

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In today's video, I'm going to show you how you can build your own DIY Wind Simulator with variable fan speeds based off your in-sim speed! In this Part 1 video, I cover the hardware and software configuration and go for a test drive to see how well it works. In Part 2 I'll refine the design with better fans (linked in the parts list below and finalize the installation in my sim rig).

A quick note on the fans. I've linked below to the fans I recommend (and have ordered for Part 2) based on their ability to provide maximum airflow and still fall within the maximum current tolerances of the Motor Shield. I've seen other people use Marine Blowers as fans. i do not recommend you do this unless you know what you're doing as they exceed the current limits for the Motor Shield.

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Motor Shield:

120mm FANS (NOTE: These are the fans I recommend, NOT the ones I used in this video).

120mm Fan Grille:

76mm Duct:

12V 3A Power Supply:
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I like how you are showing the development path for this equipment instead of just presenting the polished final product.

neilb

the diversity of video types on this channel blows my mind, this perticular video is something ive been looking for when i get some more cash and can set up a rig

JackknifeRacing

Will is a blessing and a real gem to the community. I am beginning to see the vision he has for sim-related content. I think it is only fair to hit that JOIN button, this man does a lot.
Very soon his rig will be the benchmark of what a high-end setup should look like, with the immersion and all. My new goal is to someday have the opportunity to have a drive test in his cockpit, just to have a feeling of what it's like.

FelixKims

Got all my Wind Sim stuff delivered today.. (but I'm out of town.. :( so can't put it together until Friday).. But I will be adding WIND to my 3DOF DIY racing Sim this weekend!! I have Sim Hub which already controls the two buttkickers and another arduino which is controlling the 3 DOF.. So I have a couple extra Arduino R3 UNO's waiting in the wings to run the WIND~! Cant Wait! Thanks for posting! DMAX

DMAX_DIY

Thanks for this awesome tutorial Will! Your videos have helped me move out of my comfort zone and try some things that I thought were way out of my league. I’ve never even touched an Arduino and had this built and working in about an hour with your help. Now onto mounting it!

MakeWhatever

Just ordered all the parts, looking forward to this build! It looks alot easier than i thought because of simhub.
Im really enjoying these diy videos, thanks 👍

macdubbin

Great minds think alike. Will, I'm working on this exact same thing. It's been in the planning stage while I've been trying to talk the wife into it. She thinks it's ridiculous and has been a hard NO. You have once again saved to day with your very timely video. So I'm moving ahead into the construction phase. This video has answered a lot of questions, as I to am looking for the immersion effect of driving open wheel cars. I have a new fan that will be mounted outside of my house in a mock dog house. This dog house idea I came up with will solve a couple of problems. 1. Noise, the fan I've chosen is a 110 volt, high CFM, 6" inline blower. At full speed it can move 500 CFM of air and makes a bit of noise. I plan on using sound dampening material inside the dog house. 2. Dust Free. the 6" duct work will come into the house using a large Dyer vent and will split into two three inch flex duct work, so that it can come into my rig just under the top deck, where each will end using a auto A/C vent. That way I can control the direction of the airflow. At top speed the air extincting will be traveling at near 120 mph. That is after I've regulated the blowers speed down a bit. It is capable of 200 mph, but that seems a little excessive for the dinning room. LOL. My point is, at those velocities anything pulled into the air stream would be very dangerous indeed. So the dog house will be a very large air filter. It will need to have enough filter area to supply the fans CFM intake requirements. I will send you a link to some photos as things come together. It should be insane. Cheers.

XtreamStealth

Great video... I'll be looking to build my first pc later next month with some of the components in your build.

jaysysumakaRatMaster

Ah... finally the DIY for the wind simulator - was waiting so long for it.

You didn’t know that I was waiting? Well, I didn’t know that you‘re doing the DiY, but I really appreciate it! ;)

gregsonberlin

Oh yes, another extra to make my playseat challenge even heavier, currently weighing in about 70kg! Still portable 💪

Clive

Noctua Industrial FANs are perfect for that. Low noise lot's of air!

ronaldocost

Never heard of a wind simulator before, knowledgeable video!

labibsarker

I taped down my PC fan to the tube that I made for my wind simulator and plugged it into my computer to test how strong it is going to deliver the air and I figured it’s not gonna be strong enough and your video helped me to confirm it. that thank you so much! great video as always! great content 🙌🏼🙌🏼🔝🏁

maxsim_racing

I've been looking at wind simulators for a while now. They seem to be difficult to get in Australia and even if you can their expensive. This DIY project will save me a bundle. Thanks for this great Tutorial i'm looking forward to seeing part 2.

craigalexp

I haven't read all the comments but I think someone mentioned higher rpm fans. I did the same as you and started with some old case fans that weren't powerful enough. Moved to some cheap bit coin mining fans. They still didn't impress but what did it for me is to decrease the pwn in the motoshield setup to around 600 (play around with it) from my understanding, fan speed is controlled by pulsing the fan motors on and off. At 1600mhz, it is pulsing so fast that the motors barely get time to work. Try this before changing fans. Also, if you do change Fans, I recommend trying this for a stronger effect. It also heavily reduced the whine from the fans. Sorry about formatting, typing on phone...

kurtstrassmeir