Aerospace Engineer Builds Insane Full-Motion Flight Simulator Rig, Complete with FPV Integration - TechEBlog

Aerospace engineer Michael Rechtin managed to build an insane full-motion flight simulator that includes a motorized chair setup that tilts to match the pitch and roll of an aircraft. What does this mean? A highly immersive experience for piloting RC planes or virtual aircraft in simulators like Microsoft Flight Simulator.

The heart of the simulator is a plywood chair, cut precisely with a CNC machine, sitting on a strong pyramid-shaped base. It uses two big NEMA 23 stepper motors with 10:1 gearboxes to tilt the chair, mimicking pitch (nose up or down) and roll (wing tilting). For flying RC planes, the setup works with FPV goggles that show video from a camera on the plane. The chair moves in sync with the plane’s flight data, giving a real “in-the-cockpit” feeling. A “buddy system” lets a second person take over with a regular RC controller to avoid crashes during flights.

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