7 hours ago, Chock said:

To be honest, if anyone is stupid enough to pay 500 quid for a glorified camping chair with a few bits of tubing welded to it, then I think they probably deserve to have the money taken off them, so I can only wish the makers of this thing good luck.

Actually I saw one in the training school room at an a regional airport last year.  Trying to recall which one it was.  In any case if it was not this brand it was greatly similar and was more substantial than it looks in photos.  Materials more similar to say profession photo gear (like Manfrotto, etc) than camping seats.  I sat in it and was surprised and impressed.  It would not fit my bill as I do not believe both a Honeycomb Alpha and Beta could be mounted.  The lower mounts off to the sides are more like for smaller quadrants or joysticks.  Takes up about the same amount of room as a typical piece of exercise equipment and may have the ability to fold somewhat for storage, depending on what all is mounted on it.  Would likely appeal more to someone with a large screen TV.

45 minutes ago, fppilot said:

Even my "spare", an MSI GTX 970TI 4GB Limited Edition as perhaps quadrupled in value since last Fall.  Would think about selling it now but then what would I find to fall back to if the used 1080 I bought last Fall failed?  8 GB 1080 TI's on eBay have clearly more than doubled in price in that same time spam.  I got one for under $300 USD and now they are $750 and up.

(LOL at word not allowed), if only I had known how lucrative the GPU market would become, I would have kept the five year old dust covered 2GB GTX 770 that I dumped a year ago, and stuck it on eBay for 500 quid

Edited April 17, 20215 yr by Christopher Low

There is always this one. https://volairsim.com/

Wow.... I'm having a complete "Nerdgasm" here...!

On 4/17/2021 at 9:40 AM, tull said:

I was thinking of buying this and now yiur putting me off....I agree... its a deckchair isnt it... emmmmm... dont know what to do now.......I thought 249 pounds isn't bad but .......I will sleep on it for a few nights and have a think!

I hope this review helps, or you could continue to listen to users on avsim who are too insecure and afraid to post their own "awesome bargain budget under 500 quid" hardware/cockpit setups.🤣

Good luck and I hope you find the setup that suits all your needs!🍻

 

Edited April 20, 20215 yr by blueshark747

 

no denying it's perfectly usable for flying, but just looking at the flex caused by casually leaning on it, will absorb a lot of the FFB feel for car racing, for which it's also marketed for

Well i owned an Obutto for quite a while. The problem with these things especially the Obutto is that they advertise it as it can do everything.... Well it can BUT if you are flying you bolt on the Stick/Throttle/Rudder etc etc All good right? Well um no. So lets say that i want to go for a drive. Ok Unbolt the Stick/Throttle/Rudder etc etc. All takes time Cables everywhere. In essence if you really loved these things you need 2, in my case. I like to do a bit of everything. But really, i just cannot beat sitting at my large long desk.

In the end I built this which is rigid and on castors to wheel around. The keyboard stand is hinged, slides off and folds in half. Heli collective and gear stick are clamped to the side and move with the frame. Cyclic and rudder pedals lift out and replaced with a board that sits on the frames rails and becomes the floor when racing.  A lot of the stuff can sit on the seat while wheeling it about and the rest is easily moved as it's designed to sit on the floor wherever it's most comfortable to use. 10 port powered USB hub is attached to the frame.

It's very very basic and cheap to build. All the wood, screws, hinge and casters in the pix about $120 from Bunnings. Car seat $80 from wreckers

 

Edited April 23, 20215 yr by dogmanbird

On 4/17/2021 at 11:05 AM, Chock said:

To be honest, if anyone is stupid enough to pay 500 quid for a glorified camping chair with a few bits of tubing welded to it, then I think they probably deserve to have the money taken off them, so I can only wish the makers of this thing good luck.

You say that only because you didn't see there's a sticker on it that says 'Flight Simulator '!

3 minutes ago, DrMelanogaster said:

You say that only because you didn't see there's a sticker on it that says 'Flight Simulator '!

I know this stuff from having a horse; these are notorious for being the playthings of well off people of course. So what you find is that if you bought a little toolbox from a DIY shop to put your brushes and hoofpicks etc in, it might cost you ten quid, but if you saw the same box in a horsey shop and they said it was a 'grooming tackle box', it'd be 50 quid.

On 4/17/2021 at 7:09 AM, dogmanbird said:

I think the market it's aiming for is non 4m x 3m endowed folks currently taking up mum and dads living room 🙂

.. who will then ask mum and dad for the pretty folding beach chair at Xmas...

looking at the responses i was clearly wrong about that market 🙂

Hrumph! Years ago I did as that very smart Dogmanbird fellow has done (and you can too) - get yourself a used car seat from the wreckers and mount it on a sheet of 3/4" plywood, with whatever 2 x 4's you need for height & 'slide-ability', then mount the rest of the gear as you see fit. For real do-it-yourselfer's - http://www.desktopaviator.com/  has many USB circuit boards that will make any controller you can build, use, convert, cobble together - interface to the simulator for hundreds of quid, bucks or yen far cheaper than this seat costs. Some rudimentary skills with a hammer. saw, screwdriver, same paint and a bit of imagination is all you need.

On 4/17/2021 at 10:05 AM, Chock said:

To be honest, if anyone is stupid enough to pay 500 quid for a glorified camping chair with a few bits of tubing welded to it, then I think they probably deserve to have the money taken off them, so I can only wish the makers of this thing good luck.

it's £245 but lying is ok, for some people.