IKEA Chair Pit

Really great idea!

Taking the original "Blaze-Design", I altered it to my needs.

I wanted to have the possibility to remove the stick and use it as a regular office chair. Also I wanted I little more flexibility, so I could attach a steering wheel and shifter, should the need arise...if someone will ever make a new Motor City Online..

That´s what I came up with.

Brilliant! :D

Excellent work Dustoff! Any chance you could share some pics of the underside? How easily is the gear disassembled? I would love to do something similar.

Excellent work Dustoff! Any chance you could share some pics of the underside? How easily is the gear disassembled? I would love to do something similar.

Yes sure. Just came back from work and it was already dark, so I had to use the flash. Not really photographic art, but you get the idea ;)

For assembly you just slide in the two support arms and tighten the two screws, that´s it. Matter of seconds.

The build took about a day, but I lost a lot of time sawing the tubing. To get the angles right, I had to handsaw the stuff and my metal dealer only had pretty massive tubes, that would fit together.

Some welding, a rattlecan of flat black and you´re done :thumbup:

Cool!

Very nice Dustoff! How are you liking the new setup? :)

Very nice Dustoff! How are you liking the new setup? :)

Takes some getting used to it, especially since the chair is a tad higher than my old one and I´m now kind of looking down on the screen. So the next thing will be a screen stand :D

The flying really improved with the new setup. I just tried out a quick refueling mission, something I always struggled with and connected on the first try.

Only complain so far, after a while, my wrist started to hurt a little bit. Don´t know if it was due to the unfamiliar angle or just the metal sawing before :doh:

After that I was away, working... :mad:

How do you like yours?

Best if both worlds isn't it. Did you see mine?

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=100130

Best if both worlds isn't it. Did you see mine?

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=100130

Yeah, I´ve seen yours before. Really nice! And it gave me my first idea, with some kind of folding mechanism, just like yours.

But I didn´t have enough clearance under the chair, so I switched to the detachable version

Nice work, Dustoff. You can also try this http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=84518

I'm using it with no problem and I can recomend it :thumbup:

Nice work, Dustoff. You can also try this http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=84518

 

I'm using it with no problem and I can recomend it :thumbup:

Gain 5cm in 15min! Sounds a bit like a spammail :lol:

Haven´t seen your post before, thanks for pointing it out.

Definitely something to consider!

Gain 5cm in 15min! Sounds a bit like a spammail :lol:

:megalol:

Thanks Dustoff, you have reinforced my need to learn to weld...

Thanks Dustoff, you have reinforced my need to learn to weld...

It´s not that hard to do, almost like in DCS... point the pipper where you want it and pull the trigger!..even the sound is similar ;)

It hardly swivels at all when kicking the rudder pedals, surprisingly. And the wheels on the carpet barely budge when using the rudders, it takes a lot to roll the chair when sitting in it, and the weight of the Warthog helps considerably.

I've approximately the same setting as you (Stick on the right side and not center), also on an Ikea chair but it's on a hard floor. Darn, it's a pain not swiveling when applying rudder. When in combat, from an outside view, it's more like a 'dance dance revolution' game...

I can relate. I trashed my USB ports on the front of my HAF-X case yesterday by tripping over a USB cable. :music_whistling:

I did the same several month ago with my CM 690II, and the TM warthog cable plugged in it.

I thought I'd have a heart attack! Hopefully, The USB port of the case is dead but not the one of the Warthog! Just a bit bent but it works :yay: