Leading driver-in-the-loop (DIL) simulator manufacturer, Ansible Motion has introduced the Delta T1 Sport, the first in a new class of motorsport simulators that offers high-fidelity dynamics, ultra-low latency and a fully immersive experience, all within a compact footprint and accessible price point. Lola Cars will receive the first production unit to support its vehicle development initiatives, including its ABB FIA Formula E World Championship GEN4 campaign. Founded in 1958, Lola Cars is the most successful manufacturer of customer race cars of all time and has more than 500 championship wins globally.
Optimised for single-seater and cockpit racing series, the Delta T1 Sport opens the door to engineering-class DIL capability for race teams, drivers and organisations where space, infrastructure, installation complexities and cost of ownership have traditionally been barriers. It features an all-new Triform motion system that blends a uniquely high mechanical stiffness and low dynamic mass to deliver elite physics along with trusted, repeatable, tuneable motion performance.
According to Dan Clark, Ansible Motion’s managing director, this new class of simulator will unlock fresh opportunities for teams to extract vehicle performance gains by leveraging a streamlined, optimised approach. Customers will benefit from best-in-class solutions in terms of technical integration, technical support and value, with the freedom to distinctively configure aspects of their DIL simulation environment that ultimately lead to competitive advantages.
Scalable architecture to suit every application
Ansible Motion’s DIL Sport range offers specialised features and capabilities that cater to motorsport engineering, such as high dynamic fidelity, ultra-low latency, numerous driver-oriented realism elements and seamless connectivity to racing software and hardware systems.
“Within six-degrees-of-freedom motion space, DIL simulators must deliver sufficient ground plane fidelity, especially for vehicle dynamics and motorsport applications where vehicle directional control and stability dominate the virtual test-driving experience,” says Elliot Dason-Barber, Ansible Motion’s technical director. “Many simulators miss this fundamental point by starting with legacy hexapods and then working backwards to sort out additional motion requirements, with appendages that add complexity and cost. Our Stratiform motion architecture has always excelled in this area with a first-principles, pure alignment with vehicle dynamics simulation and command authority. Our goal for the Delta T1 Sport was to keep this first-principles philosophy while reimagining motion envelopes from the perspective of a high-stiffness, agile form factor that preserves low-latency, linear command-oriented dynamic fidelity across all motion axes, while also minimising the simulator’s physical footprint and reducing physical complexity.”
All-new, compact, six-degrees-of freedom motion system
Forming the heart of the Delta T1 Sport, is Ansible Motion’s all-new, patented Triform motion system. Featuring next-level kinematics and motion generation designed specifically for motorsport and high-performance applications, Triform preserves the spirit of large-scale Stratiform dynamics while also distilling the physical footprint down to a practical minimum.
With a payload capacity of up to 300 kg that accommodates drivers along with feature-rich racing cockpits, the Delta T1 Sport offers a full six-degrees-of-freedom motion envelope, including 1 m of surge, 1,2 m of sway, and 120˚ of yaw. Heave, roll and pitch capabilities are 0,2 m, 55 cm and 40 cm respectively. This overall motion envelope has been carefully assessed and optimised by Ansible Motion based on its 17 years of experience creating dynamic DIL simulators, to be the physical packaging minimum to deliver realistic virtual testing experiences to drivers and engineers who demand to be accurately informed by nuanced perception of vehicle limit handling balance, track irregularities, yaw stability and vertical dynamics. Delta T1 Sport simulators also include Ansible Motion’s highly-configurable motion cueing package to tailor sensory feedback to specific series, driver personas and vehicle tuning strategies.
This overall motion space is efficiently packaged within a low mass, 2,4 x 2,4 m floor footprint, making the Delta T1 Sport an extremely compact, high-dynamics DIL simulator. It enables flexibility of location and operation without special facility or flooring requirements while providing a significant reduction in cost of installation and ownership compared to larger dynamic DIL simulators.
Connected experience
Increasingly, DIL simulation forms part of wider ecosystems for race car development work, and Delta T1 Sport is designed with this in mind. Delta T1 Sport can be networked in multi-sim environments, and it includes Ansible Motion’s established DIL toolchain and software framework that provide seamless connectivity to external software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop environments.
With full dynamics, a uniquely compact design, seamless connectivity to racing toolsets and an attractive price point, the Delta T1 Sport is poised to redefine and expand DIL simulator usage across a wider field of racing series than ever before.
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