A New Way to Fly RC Planes 

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.

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😅

LETS GOO!!!!! haha Well done Michael, absolutely crushed it! Thanks for being awesome!

Add headtracking to the FPV system so it'll be even more immersive! :)

The girl's face at 0:35 was priceless, like _"some strange people come to these events."_

Insane. The knowledge to get all those electronics working is impressive.

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?

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.

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..

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.

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.

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 :)

With the GPS you should be able to have your ground-speed added to the FPV display to minimize low speed stalls.

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.

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.

This chair setup but with video games would be killer. DCS would be the best one I bet.

You're my RC Hero! This was incredible! You are so gifted in engineering. I wish I had those skills. Stay awesome, Michael!

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

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!

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. :)

Rudder pedals! Awesome. I love the way the pilots' head movements so quickly look natural as they bank

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.

"Now that's pod racing.." Young Darth Vader This could be it..GO FOR IT!!

thats sick!

this is so creative its crazy, pinnacle of engineering fr

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!

AWESOME! I love the CHAIR!! This would take the fpv experience so much further, very cool!! Thanks for sharing with us!!

This will change the whole game. This insane I really really need one myself. Great job Michael!

This is incredible! I swear, RU-vid 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.

You are such a G. You are putting out the coolest RC content on RU-vid.

Holy crap. I've thought about this for years and you're actually doing it!

0:42 girl in the background is like wtf

Amazing work Michael - now I want one!

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.

that's so damn cool, I love it

We will see more immersive setups like these in the future. Well done 👌

this is so awesome. I wish i was smart enough to be able to do this. such a cool project

Best RC setup ever.

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.

I’ve been flying Hotas quadcopters for a while. I am starting to like it more than my radiomaster. This is an awesome setup!

Monumental concept and construction... and, proof of concept. Too much fun!

i admire your work so much, you’re a true inspiration!

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.

Loved this at Flite Fest! Would really like a detailed build video!!

Insane!Nice Job

Awesome flying and build.

Excellent chair mechanics, Awesome!

Very nice project man, congrats.

Learned some great tips. Thanks THP! 👍

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.

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.

What an awesome successful project..... I do think it needs a footrest to feel the total immersion and that may help with the seasickness feeling...

Awesome project, awesome event, looks like a good time!

i have been asking someone to do this for almost 10 years, im glad to see it done

Brilliant chair design

What a great concept could be used to instruct full size fliers, please keep up development and give us more details

Love the vid bro, great idea

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

Awesome job! This is next-level stuff. Excellent engineering skills.

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! 😆

Ahhhhhh dude! This is freakin awesome! I want one! Lol Thanks for sharing your video. ✌🤙

so cool man i start building my first plane after flying drones for a long time cant wait

Speed and altitude on screen, and rudder foot peddles. Baby steps brother, great job.

That's a brillant invention man! Would love test this one day!

Holy crap I was just thinking of building something like this ! Didn't even search for it. I'm taking notes 😀

This is soooo freaking cool. Thank you youtube algorithm for showing me this. Now I need to get into FPV flying lol

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.

Seems a lot of fun!

dude you killed it...

Simply BRILLIANT! 👏

Wow that’s so cool keep up the good 👍 work

Great Work you out did yourself !!

This is super cool. I'd love to see a version with head tracking and some actuators to pan/tilt the camera.

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.

Looking forward to seeing these on the shelf. Chair not necessary.

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!

Also give it a moveable camera so it feels more immersive..

i love how the chair looks like the captain chair on the enterprise, Bloody Cool!!!!

I need this in my life!

Nice work 👏 👌 👍

Wow, this is really cool. What it seems to be missing is a way to track head movement with the PFV camera, so you can look down at the ground and over the side to see the horizon. And of course, rudder pedals for better control over the plane. With these two improvements, the immersion would only be limited by camera resolution and bandwidth.

Dude, it's awesome 😂

This is gonna blow up 🔥so sick

What a super great project!!!!

Great stuff.

So cool, I want that chair

I think this will be the future. This seems too fun

So awesome I can’t even imagine what must feel like 😊

I have the same plane, its awesome for carring loads of gear and auto pilot missons on huge batterys!

It's so interesting, congratulations!! good job

Pre-drilled holes 👌A man of culture

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"!

i love how the servos kinda sound like aircraft cabin noise

Amazing...simply amazing!

you definitely get a follow for this build

Absolutely smashing. This is how to experience flight simulation.

that's insanely cool

Add some base shakers to recreate vibration! Also an Airspeed indicator would be nice. The reason it only wants to turn right is because you have the onboard GoPro on the right wing, offsetting the CG.

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.

Wow, phantastic! Well done, so well done, sooo very well done! Of course I subscribed now!