SimFab Modular Flight Simulator Cockpit For Combat Simulation. DCS Edition. Compatible With Thrustmaster Warthog, WinWing, VirPil, VKB And Alike Controls. Upgradable To General Aviation Or Sim Racing.

This is a great value. It appears solid and well made. Maybe not actual Ferrari quality, but more than adequate for its purpose, with no frills. Just my style. I don't want garish logos or bright colors. Hardware for mounting just about anything is included, even tools. You don't need anything else to fully assemble it. It takes a while, as you might imagine, but it's not difficult. The instructions are modular, like the pit itself, and they have clear drawings. You get everything you need to mount a throttle on the left (or right), a center stick AND a side stick if you want, plus the rudder pedal plate. Arm rests are not included, but I was looking for a seat without them anyway, for ease of ingress and egress. It sits a little lower than a typical office chair (about 15" at the center of the stick cutout, and a little lower at a rear of the seat bottom) but I find the seating height is actually better than the chair I was using, with my 48" monitor. My eye height is now at the center of the monitor instead of slightly above it as before. The fore-aft slide is almost necessary for easy ingress and egress and there is lots of adjustability all around. I can live with it, but I do wish I could get the throttle just a bit higher with a slightly longer vertical member for the 90° connector. The seat back isn't quite as rigid as a car seat or a real airplane seat, but that makes sense since it does not need to withstand crash or movement loads, only static loads. It seems more than adequate for that. Overbuilding it would just make it more expensive and heavier. As it is, with the wheels, it isn't hard to move around, but I leave my seat in place. It's now my permanent seat, even if I'm doing office work. It's very comfortable for me as well. I have tried a lumbar support but I don't find it really necessary. That will be a matter for individual preference. A buddy of mine came over yesterday and tried it out. He may be another customer soon. The seat fabric feels of decent quality, but it's a lint and cat hair magnet so I keep a lint roller nearby, as the black fabric shows everything. I just ordered a seat cover. Other optional accessories that I have looked at (but don't need yet) seem reasonably priced for the most part. A big recommend if you are serious about simulation and don't want to look too much like a fighter pilot wannabe.

First, the service from Dimitar at SimFab is both personal and fantastic! He is extremely enthusiastic about supporting all brands of flight controllers, which was very important to us as we intend to mix quite a few. We wanted a single flight sim chair that could be quickly reconfigured between combat, general aviation, and helicopter formats.Specifically we wanted a credible and solid low-mounted center stick configuration, which many chairs can’t even support, but also a great yoke mount for GA. SimFab has a low mount that is solid and easy to rail mount. This system is modular, so I bought it as four items here on amazon, and I got additional customization by contacting Dimitar via the SimFab website. SimFab is extremely eager to get you exactly the configuration you need. I cannot praise them enough for that.I’m convinced that the value of this system is off the charts, because for the money you get far more flexibility than similarly priced competitors in the 800 dollar range. Our system was less than 800 dollars as pictured with four modules. The only thing this chair system lacks is some fancy decorative valance, but in my opinion that is completely unnecessary and wasted cost, so the lack of that feature is probably part of the value. Also, the lack of a decorative border makes it far more flexible for adding or removing side modules. As shown in the pics, I can easily break the system down into four sub modules, so I can move it between rooms or TVs in less than 10 minutes, including the PC tower!In the pics, the left-hand module will mount our combat throttle, panel, and helo collective, while the right-hand module already has our general aviation quadrant mounted. We got the optional T-mount for the Thrustmaster Boeing TCA edition yoke, and it is solid! The quadrant plate fits the Honeycomb Bravo perfectly, and it is drilled for every popular module on the market. The rudder plate is perfect for the Thrustmaster pedals. The chair comes with a fixed-height riser kit, and it slides forward-backward like an auto seat, plus reclines. We opted for the optional rear wheel extension for extra stability when reclining, and (depending on your configuration) it may also assist in short moves around a room.It is possible for us to mount everything except for the yoke and center stick at the same time, and that is a limit of the controller dimensions themselves, not this system. To switch between combat and GA all we really have to do is remove the stick or yoke and replace the other. When removing the yoke, just leave it attached and pull the entire upper post and set it aside as a unit. If you want your combat stuff out of the way while doing GA, just turn a few knobs to release the entire left-hand module, and vice versa. You can break down the four modules (left, right, chair, and rudder) without use of any tools. The keyboard tray is very nice in that it swivels a couple of ways and can swing all the way out into a co-pilot position if you like to take the team approach (shown in pics).With any sim chair, not just this one, I would buy some stick-on bumpers if I had small kids, because it is a lot of metal! But that is great, because it is rigid, level, and unmoving when you “fly,” which is exactly what you need it to be. My impression of the build quality is that pics don’t do it justice. A final note is that everything arrives neatly labeled, with instruction booklets for each individual module. SimFab also includes every single tool that you need to assemble this, which is just a few wrenches and allen keys. They include screws to fit every popular brand of controller on the market, so odds are if you add a controller later you will already have the screws to mount it. SimFab allowed us to access an improved “beta” version of the collective mount (helo control) that was not yet in the user guide, and to explain that one step, Dimitar joined us on a zoom call—truly about as white glove as an remote delivery can get. All the other steps were totally clear from the documentation provided. I seriously recommend this system for any flight simmer who wants the ultimate combination of value and flexibility.