I am new to this forum, and don't post much in others but I definitely have an interest in this discussion.
This is an exact posting I made over on Frontier. This is for both Elite: Dangerous and Mechwarrior, plus any other flight sim.
I have been wanting a good playseat for a while and have found a few (not so)inexpensive options. I would like to know if anyone has any of these or knows of anyone who has them or has considered these or other options.
Things to consider.
Must have options for any flavor:
HOTAS (or dual joysticks), rudders, Flight Stick/Driving Wheel, keyboard tray, mouse tray, Triple Monitor support and be sturdy enough to support people bigger than me. I weigh in at around 280 and am 6'2". No it is not muscle, not even close.
What I will be connecting is Thrustmaster
HOTAS WartHog,
Saitek Combat Pro flight rudders,
Logitech 510S keyboard (wider than most) and an Anker Mouse. I also have a Sennheiser Headset and a Oculus Rift Dev kit that will all be part of my environment.
Obutto R3Volution
http://www.mainperformancepc.com/pro...gaming-cockpitObutto Ozone
http://www.mainperformancepc.com/cat...aming-cockpit/Volair Sim
http://www.volairsim.com/Home.php (out of stock, supposed to ship early April) East coast delivery
Speedmaster Flight
http://speedmaster2.de/index_en.html (Out of stock, "production issues") Germany delivery.
So far, I like the construction of the speedmaster, but I like the options of the Volair as an all in one. The R3Volution seems to have quite a few add-op's and both Obutto products become pricy when mirroring the options available to the Volair Sim.
To be honest, I am surprised I have not seen the Speedmaster seat referenced anywhere because it looks to be very well built. I am looking for ideas and additional suggestions because I know I didn't list all the possible good ones.
If anyone has cooked up some drawings for a metal based one, I would love to see them as well. I can always have one of my customers who does welding build it for me.