need suggestions for sim chair.

[hannibal]

so i found out the hard way that ebay car racing seats are not comfortable.

 

so im starting to find a design or a off the shelf product for a chair fit for car driving and flying planes.

 

a chair that i can sit in for many hours and feel comfortable.

 

sitting but it self is already bad for us, i want to avoid having a chair that will affect my health. (like having me slouch, reduce blood circulation, etc)

 

thank you for any advice! smile

[Lausbub78]

Im using a Playseat Flight since more than 8 month and find it very comfortable. It's not very adjustable though,only the backpiece can be tilted forward and backwards. http://www.playseat.com/en/flight-simulator-cockpit

[weeb]

Don't laugh but my electric massage computer chair weld broke and kind of rendered my computer chair snaffu.

 

I have separated the back and seat cushions and am in the process of building a hybrid from the (Aces 2 seat plans) the free plans on LOF.

 

It is taking a huge amount of measuring and fitting but I feel I can come up with a compromise. I will stick some photos up in the morning as I'm getting tired, (shitty day at hospital). If anyone is interested I'm happy to share measurements and ideas.

 

Weeb

[Tricky11]

Im in a similar situation. I have been heavy into sim racing for a long time and i have only just started with Flight sims and i need a cockpit where i can do both. I currently run a home built cockpit but its no good for both flight sims and racing sims. Need something that i can use both my thrustmaster t500rs and my Thrustmaster warthog. This is what it used to look like when i had my Logitech G27.

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I have now removed the dashboard and replaced the g27 with the t500rs and also got a 22" touchscreen as a second monitor

[Thick8]

I use a second row seat from a Ford Windstar. It has armrests, is fully adjustable, and even has a cupholder built in.

[agrasyuk]

I used actual car seat, not racing, nothing exciting, just an ordinary 1988 Chevy nova seat. With lumbar support and felty cover it looks ok and as comfy as it was back in the actual vehicle

[hannibal]

thank you for all the suggestions.

at the moment i am giving an egro office chair from staples a try, rated for 8-11 of sitting down.

 

but i would love to see photos of everyones custom chairs! :)

[Tricky11]

[xray20]

I'm using the passenger seat from a Renault Scenic (GBP 30 from the local breakers yard).

I wired the seat recline handle to a microswitch for the ejector seat. Comes in handy:thumbup:

[Tricky11]

I'm using the passenger seat from a Renault Scenic (GBP 30 from the local breakers yard).

I wired the seat recline handle to a microswitch for the ejector seat. Comes in handy:thumbup:

 

What size screens are they???

[Berndt Mangler]

These are really cool, I really like seeing what you all put together here. the ejector levers are most cleaver. and the console on the car pit is most impressive. keep these coming I make links to them for later reference's. my pit is not really what your looking for but could give some Ideas. I like to tout my coffee cup warmer, still working on the beer tap though.

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/album.php?albumid=894

 

Edited June 29, 2014 by spokejocky
Forgot the pic..hehe

[xray20]

What size screens are they???

55 inch NECs

[tagge]

 

 

This is the front seat from a Subary Justy. Check here for more pics:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1029896#post1029896

[weeb]

Weeb's Gaff (Work in Progress)

 

Please excuse the disorder. I am in the midst of doing my flight sim build, so its looks a bit of a mess. I still need to route wires etc. Set up is 24 inch left, 27 inch centre and 24 inch right, using softth and bezel correction. Joystick,throttle and pedals are mounted on Wheel Stand Pro.

This will change when I've finished creating and welding a top mount for joystick only in the centre, throttle will be on left of chair.

 

Sorry cleaners day off. :music_whistling:

 

 

Ejection seat. Now I had an electric massage chair and the weld on the base broke so rather than weld it back up it got me thinking, how could I integrate it with a flight sim chair.

So I decided to build it in cardboard so that I could use the cardboard as templates when I was finished.

 

So here goes.

 

First problem was base of seat cushion was contoured wood and not flat so it took quite a while to get the profile right. I started like this.

 

 

Then had to decide how to mount the backrest at 109 degrees. So it evolved like this.

 

 

To this so far:

 

 

Still got a fair bit to go as the contours on the back of the backrest need calculating before I can transfer all the measured pieces into the required templates for transfer to wood. It's been time consuming, not difficult, so hope it can encourage you to have a crack at making your own chair.

 

weeb