Chair for flightsim?

[WelshZeCorgi]

I use a dining chair made of wood. Would like to replace it with something for flight simming. Any suggestions?

[Thick8]

An automobile or truck seat works well. I had a seat from a minivan for a while and now have a seat from a HD truck. Both seats had movable headrests and armrests; and could move forwards and backward. The truck seat also can rotate, has multiple position armrest, adjustable 3 zone lumbar as well as adjustable kidney and seat bottom bolsters. It’s the bomb. The armrests are great because you can attach controllers and such to them and move them out of the way when not in use.

[Snacko]

I use a dining chair made of wood. Would like to replace it with something for flight simming. Any suggestions?

 

Many options... How much do you want to spend? Where do you want to put it?

 

I have a Volair Sim cockpit and love it.

[RedX]

Nowadays I got a survaillance chair by Be-Ge. As they originally are a manufacturer of utility vehicle seats, their designs are quite suitable for flight simming. I'm happy enough to recommend something along that line of thinking (whatever company, but vehicle style seat is the best; hell, why not to buy a second-hand truck seat? I would if a clean one was available).

 

 

Oh, I removed the wheels btw. Just soft pads which the chair slides on.

 

 

For flight sims it would be good the get rid of the rotation, too. Maybe some day I'll construct aluminium bar support base for the chair and slide rails so that it is easy to get up / sit down in front of the display+keyboard.

Edited April 26, 2019 by RedX

[Thick8]

I would if a clean one was available.

One of the great things with vehicle seats is that the covers are made to be removable and replaceable. Usually just plastic seam joints and hog rings. Cut the hog rings and replace them with small cable ties. The cloth seats handle the washer and dryer just fine.

[HunchyTheHuncher]

I would really like a seat with a cut out for a centre mounted stick. Besides buying an actual second hand pilot seat for a ridiculously expensive price there aren't any options out there.

 

There is a DIY option, but I don't feel confident enough to take a hacksaw to my racing seat.

[RedX]

I would really like a seat with a cut out for a centre mounted stick. Besides buying an actual second hand pilot seat for a ridiculously expensive price there aren't any options out there.

 

There is a DIY option, but I don't feel confident enough to take a hacksaw to my racing seat.

My previous chair was modded to have the center stick. I did it in a less invasive way than Hunchy's link. Pics in the post:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1121508&postcount=18

Current chair is a bit too pricey to repeat that...

[DeltaMike]

Up till recently I had an all-ikea pit. Was seriously looking at the ponang chair. But decided to drop some bucks an an actual gaming chair. I got the clutch, they make one for the bigger-butted man. Sad reality is, dcs will have you spending a lot of time in the seat. I prioritized that over a couple other upgrades and felt it was well, well worth it. (the El cheapo Ikea office chair did NOT cut it)

[Fri13]

Ain't there any blueprints for a fighter ejection seats to make those from a plywood? Basically a five pieces plywood is required to get stick center mounted, then add some cushions and fabrics.

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

Ain't there any blueprints for a fighter ejection seats to make those from a plywood? Basically a five pieces plywood is required to get stick center mounted, then add some cushions and fabrics.

 

a billion of years ago (falcon4 days), there was a design of pvc and wood cakes "akes - Barnes" simpit or something of the kind

[Svsmokey]

Ain't there any blueprints for a fighter ejection seats to make those from a plywood? Basically a five pieces plywood is required to get stick center mounted, then add some cushions and fabrics.

 

https://www.xflight.de/pe_org_par_ace.htm#Plans

[Marcq]

I used a Playseat Challenge for a couple years and loved it

 

 

Also a modded computer chair

 

 

Marc..

[Waxer]

I don't know if you are still looking, but here are some interesting options:

 

1) Money no object:

Bugeye technology (Boeing spin off)

https://www.bugeyetech.com/cockpits

 

2) Just a chair solutions:

Sparco make some interesting gaming chairs now. Maybe a bit restrictive to flight sim pilots, but these are not replica of car buckets but allow more movement

https://www.sparco-official.com/en/gaming/chairs.html

 

And you could get some throttle mounts from Monstertech:

https://www.monstertech.de/produkt/joystick-hotas-sitzhalterung/

[Bones1775]

I went to a local salvage yard and got the passenger seat out of a Pontiac Sunfire for $35