Love this. Check out how full-size simulators work, they don't replicate the attitude of the plane, but instead more focus on the accelerations the pilot would be feeling. We can't feel slow rotation rates, so you can do fast moves, then wind the positions back over time.
@wowLinh3 ай бұрын
Right on the spot!
@TheRamblingShepherd3 ай бұрын
This is especially true because, as anyone who's looked out a window in a plane knows, you don't really feel the banks as a lateral tilt--at least not if the turns are properly coordinated. This is a big part of why artificial horizons are so important--because the plane's attitude is often NOT something you can feel, it's too muddled by inertial forces. I'm not sure how you'd calculate the accelleration vectors properly, though; it'd be ideal if you could get the accellerometer data without the gyros...
@WhoIsTheEdman3 ай бұрын
The name of the video that explains this (and I'm certain both you and I watched) is "How Flight Simulators Trick Your Brain" by the youtube channel FlyByMax.
@TheMidnightmovies3 ай бұрын
Yes thank you! It's always so frustrating to watch build like this.
@hrmny_3 ай бұрын
Don't you need more degrees of freedom (i.e. translation) for that to work properly? I mean moving back slowly definitely would help
@FliteTest3 ай бұрын
LETS GOO!!!!! haha Well done Michael, absolutely crushed it! Thanks for being awesome!
@parkersleasman3 ай бұрын
hey flitetest me anf my grandma wached you guys so much but sadly she passed away a few months ago. but keep making your fire vids!!!!!
@ReadyMadeRC3 ай бұрын
I read this in Stefan's voice. :D
@noatreiman3 ай бұрын
@@parkersleasmanthat’s really sweet
@b326yr3 ай бұрын
Go where?
@parkersleasman3 ай бұрын
@@b326yr ?
@NicholasRehm3 ай бұрын
Flying in this chair was NUTS and the amount of work Michael put into it to pull it off shouldn’t be understated! Such a crazy experience😅
@jnicks3 ай бұрын
7 months since your last upload... new vid soon?? :)
@knight9073 ай бұрын
Seconded! Always looking forward to seeing what you’re working on. 👍
@jorisbonson3863 ай бұрын
This is literally schoolboy 101 stuff 🤦♂
@NicholasRehm3 ай бұрын
@@jorisbonson386 Hey! You suck!!
@TheButterZone3 ай бұрын
Could your chopper be flown in this chair?
@ValRC13 ай бұрын
Add headtracking to the FPV system so it'll be even more immersive! :)
@davetelling3 ай бұрын
I was just going to say that! The camera would be on a little servo system that would allow the pilot to look to the, side, up, and down!
@ValRC13 ай бұрын
@@davetelling for sure, that's exactly what I mean! The camera could be mounted to a gimbal actuated by two small servos, that moves according to a gyro on the goggles!
@jennareynolds14033 ай бұрын
Maybe a 360 degree camera would be easier, but maybe that doesnt play well with fpv? idk if the servos are even slightly delayed that would make you sick. Lag in VR is nauseating...
@gunnargu3 ай бұрын
360 camera and let the pilot look around?
@ValRC13 ай бұрын
@@jennareynolds1403 I think a 360 camera would have way more latency than a normal FPV camera with servos, as there is no 360 cam meant for FPV so you'd have to use a normal 360 camera and somehow output that video to an FPV system - most likely causing a ton of latency. It's also a lot easier to program the servos to move accordingly compared to hacking a 360 cam to use the inputs from the headtracker. Depending on the transmitter and receiver protocol the servos would probably only cause a few milliseconds (maybe 10-20ms if using expresslrs) of extra lag. would definitely be something worth testing out!
@8415773 ай бұрын
Insane. The knowledge to get all those electronics working is impressive.
@joewoodchuck38243 ай бұрын
I've been in electronics all my life and even I'm impressed.
The girl's face at 0:35 was priceless, like _"some strange people come to these events."_
@mrb29173 ай бұрын
looking like a snack
@SuicideNeil3 ай бұрын
Stefan speaks like he's constantly stoned/coked/drunk out of his mind, slurred speach and largely incoherant babbling...
@73standard3 ай бұрын
She looked angry.
@samholdsworth4203 ай бұрын
😂 Autistic girl sees autistic boy
@danielsetzer37663 ай бұрын
she's got the dirtiest look ever lol 14:03
@henrytheturnip3 ай бұрын
Foot pedals for rudder, and head-tracking for the cockpit camera would be cool. Also with a few more motors you can make a 6DOF Stewart Platform, so you get yaw and heave motions for more immersion. Might need a bucket too though :)
@temporalmadness37563 ай бұрын
You've just taken rc flying to the next level.. with audio, a well tuned plane/chair response and a properly placed camera with 2DoF.. this would be uncoparable.. props to you..
@gavinburlew38402 ай бұрын
Definitely next level RC flying
@stonebayrocker3 ай бұрын
Idea: 14:27 Would be cool with a fan to give you a feeling of how fast your airspeed is! Woud maybe help towards the speed blindness! What do you all think about that?
@Iamdumb-wk1ke3 ай бұрын
Haha “cool” (get it cuz a fan and yeah I think you know xd)
@thefantasyforge50153 ай бұрын
I'm a fan of the idea
@Iamdumb-wk1ke3 ай бұрын
@@thefantasyforge5015 me too though
@Iamdumb-wk1ke3 ай бұрын
@@thefantasyforge5015 maybe ever a shaker when landing
@highenergyprotons3 ай бұрын
I just got the same idea :)
@sq3rjick3 ай бұрын
Some ideas to explore: tilt to simulate G-forces instead of just relative position (or some mix-in). I think that's why the big room simulators are on hexapods instead of single point, so I don't know how feasible that is from a feedback control systems perspective. Definitely need a way to get vital information on the FPV feed: at least the current speed and throttle positions, but maybe try for artificial horizon as well? You may want to double your motors on each axis for counter balancing. As for interference, maybe look at dual-band or tri-band radio and set sane recovery defaults in case of loss of signal? Honestly, you could easily commercialize these and sell them as kits for DIYers or as fully-built chairs to people who don't want to build them. Hopefully that was part of the conversation with the Flite Test crew.
@umi30173 ай бұрын
I think it would be easy to just have a gravity sensor and feed it's position to the 2-axis chair, rather than use gyro attitude.
@whatilearnttoday52953 ай бұрын
The hexapod is a must. Having the thing balancing on a single point with rods holding it up is a recipe for someone getting hurt.
@SkyDawg913 ай бұрын
@@whatilearnttoday5295 my thought as well. Those motor mounts are going to give out eventually once someone heavy enough persuades them to.
@ddegn2 ай бұрын
I think simulating G-forces is the only way to make this more than a (very fun) novelty. The way it works now doesn't provide useful feedback.
@softdorothy2 ай бұрын
Agree. That it *doesn't* do this makes the chair almost anti-useful. When turning and banking, the chair should be there to confirm that you are applying the right amount of rudder to keep the forces downward - the chair as programmed conflicts with that. The good news is that it's a minor addition to make that happen.
@eliokreier5223 ай бұрын
Very cool. For the absolute most immersive experience you should add an DJI O3 air unit and a head tracker with a pan and tilt gimbal.
@emanuelmencks-meunier79113 ай бұрын
EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe add some rudder pedals, a head tracker and make it be able to do full 360s in all axes .(don't know if that last one's possible but its something i've always wanted to try myself). Keep up all the awesome work!! Seriously very inspiring
@earthsciteach3 ай бұрын
The volunteer who took you into the wilds of Malvern, OH is John Davis, an awesome dude! The data burst that the oil wells send out when operating are no joke. Lots of planes have fallen victim over the years.
@FarmerFpv3 ай бұрын
You're my RC Hero! This was incredible! You are so gifted in engineering. I wish I had those skills. Stay awesome, Michael!
@jaanikaapa69253 ай бұрын
You could add pedals for rudder control. If you mate it to a larger plane you could add lights, etc. Of course similarly you could add the loiter function into the buttons as well as trim. Can you run the altitude and speed from the GPS data to a layer on the FPV goggles? Similarly with the artificial horizon you might be able to get from the other sensors, etc on the sensors. Maybe create a layer for it in Unity, UE or some such? Lastly if and when you take it a lot further, you could change the FPV headset to an inside out tracking VR-headset and link that and the plane's camera together, use a camera that can rotate and tilt. This would allow you to turn your head while in flight. Ought to make flying easier too.
@williamschultz2983 ай бұрын
Yeah, it would be cool to see the concept expanded on.
@pctrashtalk20693 ай бұрын
I think a foot rest would help with comfort and rudders could be added.
@UAVfutures3 ай бұрын
this is so awesome. I wish i was smart enough to be able to do this. such a cool project
@TNT_FPV3 ай бұрын
thats sick!
@dirtrider8815 күн бұрын
13:43 the fact that plane made it to the ground is amazing
@spyersecol00133 ай бұрын
With the GPS you should be able to have your ground-speed added to the FPV display to minimize low speed stalls.
@medicwine2 ай бұрын
You can always tell who went to school first and then became a youtuber versus yt kids who learned engineering because the latter will show you EVERY SOLDER and every line of code but a real engineer is like "yea so i made this do this"
@FrozenDozer3 ай бұрын
0:42 girl in the background is like wtf
@GiyutomiokashinobuАй бұрын
lol
@FKFMMАй бұрын
Lol
@mshadowsa28473 ай бұрын
That was totally awesome! And the way you retrieved the plane in the woods was next level! Would love to see a rc car version of this!
@Whisper36213 ай бұрын
that's so damn cool, I love it
@medicwine2 ай бұрын
also this video is so understated but perfect. Its not overproduced but its not boring, right as the pacing starts to round off its like surprise peter stripol feature (and didnt spoil it with the title).Really solid youtube video!!! But also a really solid invention too! I could see this taking off in FPV scene but also being a thing you can try at an amusement park or something also. This is incredible.
@Cephalon_Shade3 ай бұрын
This chair setup but with video games would be killer. DCS would be the best one I bet.
@SkyDawg913 ай бұрын
Really though! This could be implemented in DCS pretty easily, I'd guess. We need some blueprints for DIY motion sims haha
@josiahjackson37573 ай бұрын
The problem is that this isn't simulating what it would feel like in the aircraft. It would have to modified to simulate G force. otherwise it wouldn't feel realistic. It's still pretty awesome though.
@axelfpv19833 ай бұрын
Oh snap! You gone and done what's been in my head for decades. Just goes to show that you wanted it more and had the brainpan and tech skills to pull it off! Great work man!
@ARES_HANTRIO3 ай бұрын
Also give it a moveable camera so it feels more immersive..
@JoeParkerAndThePower2 ай бұрын
Rudder pedals! Awesome. I love the way the pilots' head movements so quickly look natural as they bank
@c4ts_yt8943 ай бұрын
Bro made a DCS setup look like a Nintendo Gameboy
@christopherleveck68353 ай бұрын
I built one of these years ago using 12 volt car windshield wiper motors. I also had pedals for the yaw axis. I really enjoyed flying quads with rudder pedals because it isolated the yaw. You could make a pedal turn without affecting the throttle and vice versa. Makes for much smoother flying. The other thing that works really cool is using the chair as a joystick. It can be leaned to turn. If you mount large springs or shock absorbers exactly the opposite of each other the chair can self center.
@siumaaam3 ай бұрын
You will be rich because this. Please sell this kit online
@Alexdacat82 ай бұрын
50.000
@crimson99-Ай бұрын
@@Alexdacat8nah, maybe about $1200
@Bruce-Gisbon3 ай бұрын
This is incredible! I swear, KZbin has been the most revolutionary platform in so many ways. The ability for anyone to put their talent, skills, creativity etc into the world, bypassing the old elite institutions of the ultra snobs, and giving a level playing field to really talented people across the planet, even in the remotest of regions. Bro, you rock. This is truly an incredible project. Also, next step would be a head tracking camera so the pilots head motions can also be implemented in the immersion process.
@tchony223 ай бұрын
This will change the whole game. This insane I really really need one myself. Great job Michael!
@michael.84403 ай бұрын
If you crash, you actually die.
@beacon9803 ай бұрын
Hardcore mode
@vladimirkornev26683 ай бұрын
Yep, because owner of the plane has a gun 😅
@beacon9803 ай бұрын
@@vladimirkornev2668 he hold the guy at gun piont
@MCsCreations3 ай бұрын
Brilliant work, Michael!!! Really well done! 😃 That looks fun as heck! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
@johannnepgen97843 ай бұрын
Add rudder control and then you can fly 3-axis. Also the next stage is to get the chair to move much more quickly to match whet happens to the plane, as well as some form of speed feedback. When doing co-ordinated turns in 3-axis, gravity is always directly below the seat, so that the chair should only tilt, if the turn is slipping or sliding.
@FREDNAJAH3 ай бұрын
Best RC setup ever.
@mikebergman18173 ай бұрын
You are such a G. You are putting out the coolest RC content on KZbin.
@UglyahhtriggaАй бұрын
You should 100% sell these loads of rc enthusiasts would buy this bc it’s unique
@Steezyaura3 ай бұрын
Wow that’s so cool keep up the good 👍 work
@wyatt97393 ай бұрын
This is so cool! I bet this ride is better than most amusement parks. Watch out for the pinch points on those cams. If they can move a whole person, they can definitely lop off a finger!
@whatilearnttoday52953 ай бұрын
Amusement park rides are a little more safe. Not much more safe.
@Walt11193 ай бұрын
AWESOME! I love the CHAIR!! This would take the fpv experience so much further, very cool!! Thanks for sharing with us!!
@ThomasGrillo3 ай бұрын
Three things would greatly enhance this machine. Foot rests, and a 360 degree camera, and a true VR headset, to allow pilots to actually look around their aerial environment. As a kid, I often wondered how something like this could be done. You actually did, some 45 years later. LOL Thanks for the video. :)
@GeekDetour3 ай бұрын
Wow! That was amazing. It is so tempting... I wish I had the time and money to make one myself. By the way, you mentioned nothing about the hardware you used, and the costs. I want to know about these details! Thanks man!
@sidneyking113 ай бұрын
Love to see a tutorial on how to build the electronics.
@eamonia3 ай бұрын
I theorized this back in the mid 90s when I was a kid. Watching this is like a dream come true. The technology didn't even exist yet.
@immortdekai82673 ай бұрын
i love how the chair looks like the captain chair on the enterprise, Bloody Cool!!!!
@0bm317703 ай бұрын
Great job! That was my dream in the early 90's, when I was fresh out of engineering school.
@tonntoh88293 ай бұрын
Awesome! Amazing hard working and skills. I would suggest some chair vibration not a great improvement but maybe worth the effort. Thanks for sharing! Keep flying, beyond the sky its limitless.
@waiwaiyt3 ай бұрын
this is so creative its crazy, pinnacle of engineering fr
@nicgurkweitz3893 ай бұрын
It definitely needs a foot rest like what you see in a barber's chair. Very cool build! I think using this with a submersible would be really cool.
@J4nkyFPV3 ай бұрын
Loved this at Flite Fest! Would really like a detailed build video!!
@SkyDawg913 ай бұрын
Man... this is all I want. I've been dreaming of something like this since I got my Quest 2 and started flying DCS. Also, the comment about HOTAS being expensive whilst building your own HOTAS and motion sim rig via your own insanely expensive equipment is too funny.
@TibiKawo2 ай бұрын
i admire your work so much, you’re a true inspiration!
@alirahman47623 ай бұрын
Finally!!!! Someone made my imagination in real. Actually my imagination was to put that seat in gimbal which gives full 360° in all three axis. Then enjoy fighter aerobatics. Still waiting to see someone make it. Go Michael!
@christsitos86412 ай бұрын
Love this idea! Really takes the hobby to the next level!
@terryturner53603 ай бұрын
Awesome, I can see a HUD for the goggles and a Martin-Baker button on the stick for when you are about to crash.
@propabilityfpv3 ай бұрын
So sick! Y'all are changing the game with your awesome contraptions! 🔥👍 Also, you're SUPER lucky the plane somehow didn't get stuck in that tree! 😆
@drewski68433 ай бұрын
Ahhhhhh dude! This is freakin awesome! I want one! Lol Thanks for sharing your video. ✌🤙
@Sickzero3 ай бұрын
What a great project and it turned out to be amazing! But the most impressive part is that you did it in just over a month! So the next step is adding head tracking, I guess?
@omniphore49132 ай бұрын
Amazing stuff, great work. Have you considered adding a linear "Accelleration simulator" under the bottom of the chair? Moving slighly backwards when you accellerate gives you a more emersive feel for speed. Decelleration returns it to its orgininal position, or even moves it forward! This could be done with 2 electromotor pulling on cables that move the chair. Would be sick to see
@eamonia3 ай бұрын
I was gonna subscribe until I realized that I already had but if you _really_ wanna know what I'd like to see... Let's just say that you could make an entire channel showcasing this amazing contraption you've put together. I want more!
@danicb99043 ай бұрын
I just came across this video in YT and completly blew my mind!!!!! What an idea and performance!!!! If you could make some videos explaining more detailed about the set up for shure will be the fu... best videos in the history. Congrats from an aerospace engineer!
@chriswilson7463 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3y5aJmcet95sK8
@bobbyduke7773 ай бұрын
Speed and altitude on screen, and rudder foot peddles. Baby steps brother, great job.
@ReadyMadeRC3 ай бұрын
Great use of the Stratosurfer, and great project! Tip for hand launching planes: Running rarely ever works. Give it a nice strong throw at about a 15 degree up angle while using about 3/4 throttle on the aircraft.
@Quefelsees3 ай бұрын
I’ve been wondering for a while why no one has thought of something like this before because I think it’s such a cool idea. Love to see this! Great work! Improvement suggestion you didn’t ask for: maybe you could add some support structure for the feet of the pilot. It seems that you are being thrown around a little bit and this could give the pilot some added stability. You could also add rudders to that structure in the future. Keep up the good work!
@Maudongh2 ай бұрын
Spectacular
@iloveyoutube234253 ай бұрын
One way to significantly improve this is to use principles in real full motion flight simulators. Real full motion simulators don't read the exact pitch and roll, but rather tilt with changes to those values to simulate the relevant g-forces (you can feel normal gs while even flying inverted, hence why artificial horizons exist to prevent disorientation). Nonetheless, very fun and well done project
@royetter17773 ай бұрын
That was really cool - nicely done! Looking forward to seeing what comes next! I'm sure you have your own ideas... but the directions I'd want to expand into are adding rudder pedals (or at least a footrest) and adding "virtual gauges" to to FPV headset. If you had airspeed and an attitude indicator visible in the headset, I bet that would make control easier. Rudder pedals are certainly easier since I'm not sure how much control you have with overlaying telemetry data on the video feed.
@hogey743 ай бұрын
Holy crap. I've thought about this for years and you're actually doing it!
@stlrocketman26253 ай бұрын
This chair hooked up to a rc drift car would be sick! 👍
@linmajon2 ай бұрын
What a great idea and proof of concept.Of course this can be improved a lot with better chair, actual force-vectors etc. but still cool.
@Patriottoo23 ай бұрын
Monumental concept and construction... and, proof of concept. Too much fun!
@Jonit_svk3 ай бұрын
We will see more immersive setups like these in the future. Well done 👌
@sombojoe3 ай бұрын
I think the addition of a platform or at least foot stirrups would be good
@JB_DaSimmer3 ай бұрын
Awesome job! This is next-level stuff. Excellent engineering skills.
@colorlesstiger79633 ай бұрын
You should add one of those fpv gimbals that move with your head so when you turn your head the fpv camera turns.
@Kashiff_o3 ай бұрын
Head tracking next !!!! Good stuff !
@edster92213 ай бұрын
Excellent work sir, and keep up the cool works. I have flown an Align E900 (2 mtr rotor span heli) in FPV mode, & that is something else! Had partially built a "cockpit" myself some time ago, but didn't get it fully operational.
@JavierChiappa3 ай бұрын
Excellent chair mechanics, Awesome!
@robertcarveth87223 ай бұрын
Congrats on your unique development of radio control to that of a pilot flying it!. All other suggestions given are the way to develop it further are pretty well covered ..priority to put he pilot in the seat of the a/c is necessary with ability to glance out along the wings to help orientation of the pilot. Vibration fed into chair will help. I did a little variant of this once when I put my Cassutt 111M in amongst a group of country located radio control flyers. They all went to ther deck instantly. They talked about the event for years..All I can say is "I couldn't resist the temptation"!
@Adam-oq2lq3 ай бұрын
Awesome! I'd also use velocity to control the speed of a large fan in front of the chair. That might be even more fun.
@rbbartho13 ай бұрын
Looking forward to seeing these on the shelf. Chair not necessary.
@martin.winkelhofer3 ай бұрын
This is so cool 🙂 I can imagine how much thinking and work had to go into designing/connecting/programming so all will fit and work together! You know what would be even more immersive? If a gyro attached to goggles would move a 2-axis gimble with FPV camera on the plane. (I've noticed that a lot of people who tried it in your video are rotating their head quite a lot, which must have caused a strange feeling (as an FPV pilot I know this well - when what you see doesn't correspond to the movement of your head - hence the "VR motion sickness")). And of course, as less latency ⬇ between plane-chair and goggles-gimble as possible will also increase ⬆ immersion 🙂 Thanks for the effort you've put into this, Michael! 👍
@nonsquid3 ай бұрын
Wow! If you could add pan and tilt of the pilot's head relative to the headrest to the plane and move the camera accordingly, this would make this an even better immersive experience.
@beautifulsmall3 ай бұрын
put the chair in a hoop so it can be inverted. thats a Colin Furze level video. Nice work . 35 days, impressive , but dedication to a project and focus can yeald great results.
@Digital_Squirrel3 ай бұрын
Joining you from @FliteTest channel. Awesome job with the simulator chair and controls.
@nemonespider3 ай бұрын
This is so awesome… but the look on that young lady face was priceless 😂😂😂😂
@allengentz75723 ай бұрын
What a great concept could be used to instruct full size fliers, please keep up development and give us more details
@SendtheDudes3 ай бұрын
i have been asking someone to do this for almost 10 years, im glad to see it done
@chriswilson7463 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3y5aJmcet95sK8
@jim-i-am3 ай бұрын
Awesome project! Everyone looks like a little kid with their legs dangling. ;) Maybe rudder peddles and a bit of a leg rest for v2, and instrumentation overlay for horizon, speed, etc. would take you to the next stage? Please build a v2 and share!
@TimRobertsen3 ай бұрын
Pre-drilled holes 👌A man of culture
@SooperToober3 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@jonatanboy2 ай бұрын
You should Connect it to some headgear that you could wear on a rollercoaster, so that people who lack the mobility to access rollercoasters, can have someone else ride it for them. Would also make for a really wholesome video
@KaliKavala3 ай бұрын
WOAAAAAAAAAH! Best project in KZbin for last couple of years. Easiiily :D Great job man
@renecouture37193 ай бұрын
Awesome project, awesome event, looks like a good time!
@abtechgroup3 ай бұрын
Brilliant chair design
@SoggyTwiggs3 ай бұрын
you should definitely add a gimbal to the plane and set up a head tracker for the fpv goggles. also think about maybe adding petals for a more realistic yaw control. good work man ❤
@fabs_knlx3 ай бұрын
Awesome project Michael You really only need one more thing to be really immersive with it. Give the Chair a footrest, otherwise you can still feel the actual gravitational direction, which might cause nausea.