Direct-drive rear motion for simracing

TamedTail

A precision linear actuator that mounts behind your rig and translates iRacing telemetry into rear slip, rotation yaw, and grip-loss cues — without shaking your entire platform. Built for drivers who need physical feedback they can trust, not a gimmick.

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Kits, hardware, and setup paths.

The first catalog is intentionally compact: enough to sell kits, accessories, spares, power, sensors, and setup services without creating operational noise.

48V Power Supply Pack

The dedicated 48V power supply that drives the TamedTail actuator motor — sold separately for regional voltage compliance and spares.

draftpower

€139.00

Actuator Module

The precision linear actuator at the heart of TamedTail rear motion — available as a standalone spare or upgrade.

draftactuator

€749.00

Control Electronics Box

The Arduino-powered enclosure that runs TamedTail firmware — safety watchdog, motor driver, and USB serial link in one box.

draftelectronics

€399.00

The gap

Simracing tells you what the car is doing. Your rig should too.

Most motion platforms shake the whole cockpit with canned effects. That feels exciting for ten minutes — then it becomes noise. TamedTail focuses on a single axis that matters most: rear slip. When the back steps out, you feel it. When grip returns, you feel that too. The rest of the rig stays solid, so your steering inputs stay precise.

What you feel

Not a rumble pack. A physical cue you can read.

Oversteer starts as a subtle rotation behind your seat. The actuator pushes left or right in direct proportion to rear slip angle — not a binary shake. As slip builds, force increases linearly. When the rear regains grip, the actuator returns to center. After two laps your brain stops thinking about it and starts using it, the same way you use pedal vibration through your feet.

Predictable, not random

TamedTail maps real telemetry channels to physical position. There is no “immersion mode” that shakes the rig to music. Every movement has a data source you can inspect in the app.

Tunable intensity

Reduce force for endurance races, increase it for qualifying. The app saves per-car profiles so a GT3 feels different from a Formula car — because the physics are different.

Pipeline

iRacing → App → Arduino → Actuator.

Four stages, each designed to fail safely. The pipeline is transparent so you can troubleshoot every link — telemetry, USB serial, firmware state, and motor driver diagnostics.

Telemetry capture

iRacing outputs 60 Hz of car physics data. TamedTail reads rear slip angle, lateral force, and yaw rate directly from the sim — no guesswork, no generic vibration maps.

App processing

The Windows user app converts raw telemetry into safe actuator commands in under 16 ms. Homing, limits, and calibration run before every session so the hardware never starts blind.

Actuator response

A dedicated Arduino board drives the linear motor with hard real-time control. Watchdog timers, current clamping, and software end-stops are baked into firmware — not optional.

Software

A Windows app that ships with the hardware.

The TamedTail user app is a portable Windows application that runs in the background while you drive. It reads iRacing telemetry via shared memory, enforces safety limits, and sends serial commands to the Arduino controller. No installation required — unzip and run.

Portable ZIP distribution

Single ZIP file, no installer, no registry keys. Extract anywhere and launch. The app checks for updates on startup and can fetch new builds without a browser.

Release notes & hashes

Every release is listed with SHA-256 hashes of the ZIP and installer files. You can verify the build hasn’t been tampered with before you run it.

By design

Safety is not a feature. It’s the architecture.

Industrial motion systems kill power within milliseconds of a fault. TamedTail applies the same principle: every layer of the pipeline has independent safety checks that stop motion before a failure can cause damage or injury.

Software limits

The app clamps every command to a configurable travel range. No telemetry value, no matter how corrupted, can command a position outside the safe envelope.

Firmware watchdog

The Arduino firmware expects a heartbeat from the app every 200 ms. If the heartbeat stops — app crash, USB disconnect, system freeze — the actuator returns to center and the motor driver is disabled.

Mechanical limits

Physical end-stops on the actuator rail prevent over-travel even if both software and firmware limits fail. The motor is sized so it stalls before it can break the end-stop brackets.

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Order a kit today. Get it delivered wherever you race.

Every product ships from our Valencia workshop via DHL Express. Rates are calculated live at checkout based on package weight and destination. Tracking is provided automatically once your order is dispatched.

Starter kits

Core Kit for a single rear-motion channel. Pro Kit adds dual-actuator coordination and higher force headroom. Both include everything you need to bolt on and drive.

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