Occasionally, I fly with my 'Flight Seat', which is essentially a glorified buddy-box with aircraft-like physical controls. This is a 'fly-by-wire' system with the buddy-box stick potentiometers co-located with the physical controls; with this setup there is virtually no slop/ambiguity between the physical controls and the signal being transmitted to the aircraft.

The Flight Seat allows the pilot to have a more realistic flight experience; closer to the full-scale and is definitely more relaxing than standing.

These were being produced in small numbers from a company in Phoenix Arizona called Interactive Flight Concepts around 2000 to 2003. I have redesigned my Flight Seat, which has been highly modified from the original.

I have also designed a method of transporting the devise, which does not take up valuable cargo space; a simple receiver hitch adaptation allows the device to be stowed for transport or removed for use with very little effort.

The Flight Seat is great fun and very rewarding to use.

Joe