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#2904386 - 11/19/09 01:50 PM My flightsim chair build for around $120.
Shank Junior Member Registered: 07/11/09 Posts: 4 Loc: Indiana	This is the flightsim chair I built for all kinds of flight simming. Currently the sim that has my attention is Rise of Flight. _________________________ "There are only two types of aircraft... Fighters and Targets" -Maj Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson
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#2904485 - 11/19/09 04:34 PM Re: My flightsim chair build for around $120. [Re: Shank]
Coot Gooood Morning SimHQ! Senior Member Registered: 08/30/05 Posts: 4550 Loc: !!USA!!	I like it. How well does a car seat do for your simming? Is it pretty comfortable? _________________________ " Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure...are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments." Charles Carroll - signer of the Declaration of Independence Core i5 750 2.66 ASUS P7P55D PRO Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU cooler 8 gig Corsair Vendeance DDR3 RAM EVGA Nvidia GTX570 Windows7 Home 64bit
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#2904517 - 11/19/09 05:23 PM Re: My flightsim chair build for around $120. [Re: Coot]
Raw Kryptonite Beat the Kobayashi Maru Hotshot Registered: 04/04/08 Posts: 7067 Loc: MS	I bet the ejection pull under the seat even works! Nice job. I wonder why there aren't any mountable platforms like you have there made for desk chair arms? Seems like there would be a market for that if there are people making $1000 chair/frame set ups. _________________________ •XBL/Xfire: Raw Kryptonite •Logitech G27 Nixim •360 Wheel •AMD FX-4170 •Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB GDDR5 •16 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz PC3-12800 •MSI 990FXA-GD65 Mobo •X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro/Logitech Z-5500 •Win 7 64
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#2904599 - 11/19/09 07:54 PM Re: My flightsim chair build for around $120. [Re: Coot]
Shank Junior Member Registered: 07/11/09 Posts: 4 Loc: Indiana	Originally Posted By: Coot I like it. How well does a car seat do for your simming? Is it pretty comfortable? It's very comfortable! I can sit in it for hours. It's made from a minivan seat that I got from a junkyard for $50 Edited by Shank (11/19/09 07:57 PM) _________________________ "There are only two types of aircraft... Fighters and Targets" -Maj Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson
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#2904602 - 11/19/09 07:56 PM Re: My flightsim chair build for around $120. [Re: Raw Kryptonite]
Shank Junior Member Registered: 07/11/09 Posts: 4 Loc: Indiana	Originally Posted By: Raw Kryptonite I bet the ejection pull under the seat even works! Nice job. I wonder why there aren't any mountable platforms like you have there made for desk chair arms? Seems like there would be a market for that if there are people making $1000 chair/frame set ups. The first chair I made had fixed position armrests and it tore up my desk something fierce. These armrests that I made fold up out of the way when I do regular stuff on the computer. And yes the ejection seat does work! Actually it disconnects it from the base. Edited by Shank (11/19/09 07:57 PM) _________________________ "There are only two types of aircraft... Fighters and Targets" -Maj Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson
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#2904783 - 11/20/09 06:22 AM Re: My flightsim chair build for around $120. [Re: Shank]
Coot Gooood Morning SimHQ! Senior Member Registered: 08/30/05 Posts: 4550 Loc: !!USA!!	How did you fasten your custom arm rests to the chair? Also, where did you get those nifty elbow bumper thingamagiggies? I love simpit stuff like this. It gives me ideas. _________________________ " Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure...are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments." Charles Carroll - signer of the Declaration of Independence Core i5 750 2.66 ASUS P7P55D PRO Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU cooler 8 gig Corsair Vendeance DDR3 RAM EVGA Nvidia GTX570 Windows7 Home 64bit
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#2904885 - 11/20/09 08:33 AM Re: My flightsim chair build for around $120. [Re: Coot]
Shank Junior Member Registered: 07/11/09 Posts: 4 Loc: Indiana	I replaced the armrests that came on the chair with what you see. I made them myself out of oak. The elbow rests are simply gel wristpads that you would use with a mouse. I think I got them at an Office supply store. I have a whole series of pictures of the process of making this chair if you would like to see them. Edited by Shank (11/20/09 08:34 AM) _________________________ "There are only two types of aircraft... Fighters and Targets" -Maj Doyle "Wahoo" Nicholson
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#2905395 - 11/21/09 06:43 AM Re: My flightsim chair build for around $120. [Re: Shank]
Coot Gooood Morning SimHQ! Senior Member Registered: 08/30/05 Posts: 4550 Loc: !!USA!!	Sure Shank I'd like to see them. Especially how you made your platform to accept and to allow the car seat to be locked down. You might post it in the pit builders forum though. That way it'd be archived in there. _________________________ " Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure...are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments." Charles Carroll - signer of the Declaration of Independence Core i5 750 2.66 ASUS P7P55D PRO Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU cooler 8 gig Corsair Vendeance DDR3 RAM EVGA Nvidia GTX570 Windows7 Home 64bit
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#2905403 - 11/21/09 07:06 AM Re: My flightsim chair build for around $120. [Re: Coot]
Legend Legsie is such a Hotshot Registered: 05/09/00 Posts: 7572 Loc: Zutphen, NL / ShangHai, China	Looks real comfortable, but aren't the stick and throttle a bit close to your body like this? I would've made the arm rests some 15-20 centimeters longer (I guess at least). _________________________ There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
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