Dreamflyer | How does it work?

[EdinKulelija]

I think something like this should not cost more than few hundred dollars.. $2800 is way overpriced

[LancairPropJet]

Shouldn't a device that sells motion have a video showing motion and not a series of still images?

[stoneground1]

$2,800? You do realize that it's just a frame on a hammock stand right? Haha!! I can go to Home Depot and buy the stand, bend some fence posts, weld them together and get some joystick controls at best buy and an lcd monitor. Plus the chick dressed up like a commercial airline pilot just really sells it ya know!! Haha!! If it had actuators on it i might think about it but without anything to give me realistic motion there's no way i would pay that much!!!

[cloudwalker202]

@stoneground1 you should build one. I'd buy it from you if it worked

[ZzRvXzZ]

SHAMe.......... this dreamflyer is just a facepalm generator.....

[IIIgGeeksIII]

please i wont know something this have perfect size and its amazing cool i want it but i dont want monitor i wanna buy a virtual reality headset and i dont want a this saitek i want logitech g940 with force feed back so cani buy it like that without evry thing ?

[scott98390]

so ... it's "powered" by gravity? YOU power it by leaning/shifting your weight? So what the hell does it need USB connectors for?

[ElegyForTheMasses]

@scott98390 USB is for the controls, it includes rudder pedal, flight stick and throttle which are al usb powered.

[madedownunder]

You could build your own for a couple of hundred dollars excluding the LCD and controllers.

[evrolicious]

invert the pitch axis and drop the prive by about $2000 and i'd think about it.

[masm60]

So it's a $2800 bi-directional see-saw?

[mkitch]

2500? Give me 2500 I can build you something WAYYY cooler then that. I have an enclosed simulator to exact specifications to a CRJ-200LR and I didnt spend $2500.

[mkitch]

stupid stupid stupid what a scam.

[issueagent]

i dun think thats a very nice remark. this is the minimum some of us can afford

[nicolaichristensen]

can you buy this dream flyer? and how much? plz write back to me, if someone have it.

[davedaman23]

did u note just watch the video??? it said clearly $2500 then it gave a website -.-

[jancoetzer12]

It costs $2,800 (look at 0:44)

[jjsephiroth123456]

Hi, can I know how it let the seat move up and down and slightly turn to left and right?kinda urgent.hope you will reply me asap.thanks

[dgroffen]

As the user moves the joystick, that motion is transferred via an ingenious pivot mechanism to a gimbal frame, on which the seat is suspended, causing it to roll and pitch. Sensors under the seat capture the motion info and send it to the attached PC. It moves so easily that it's, as if the seat were balanced on the head of a pin. At trade shows people often fly it for 5 minutes or so, - then get off and while bending over to see what is installed under the seat, - ask "where is the motor"?

[decimuscarrerus]

go fly a real plane with that money. honestly, that can buy you an ultralight

[Issumbosi]

I fly in Dream Flyer a year ago. It's working great, It's like you are in the center of the balance and you controlling motion base by the stick to move it from the center of balance than your own weight do the rest to help you move it. Feels great and motion is fast and smooth, unlike in powered simulators where you feel rapid stress motion. But there is no feedback. You control plane in sim and feel gravity but no streses or resistance from sim. Monitor is not included. Price is too high.

[ericknagy]

Don't get me wrong. The idea is really cool. But someone needs to be nuts to pay the price they ask for this. It is possible to build a true motion system with the money you would spend on this... The "simple" idea should mean affordable, which is the only this this has not turned into in the end.

Cheers.

[ClearedToLand7]

Your kidding me right??? That is close to the real thing??? Yeah right.. The pilot doesn't shift his/her weight over the CoG (Centre of Gravity) to generate motion. The aeroplane does and the result is the altered plane of reference. I understand the concept you have of reverse engineering this so it the computer matches the users motion but this just silly, because I don't lean into a turn to get the plane turning!

[RocketFireTV]

When you move the flight stick, it pushes the sim off axis and rotates, the result is you lean (roll and pitch).

It is actually quite simple and remarkable... I wish I thought of it first.

[airste172]

This thing works on the same principle as a wobbly swivel chair.