NeoEngress Simulations

Question about the and : are you guys just going after the looks?
-Nope. The structure was engineered with Design for Serviceability in mind. Instruments are highly modular and may be easily installed or removed.

A Texas customer recently managed to mount the NeoEngress F-18 cockpit frame on top of a widened motion base and started outfitting it with controls after running some tests. The frame offers a robust platform for DIY cockpit builds. Visit our listing page https://www.neoengress.com/f18-cockpit-frame for pricing and write to us at [email protected] for more information.

With an 88" long structure, it's easy to lose sight of how small dimensions matter. When it comes to electronics, even just a few thou makes a huge difference in how much stuff you get to cram into a tight space. And cockpits are never short on parts with tight space budgets inside them.

Lifesize F/A-18C cockpit versus cockpit frame. Modular and full metal structure. Cockpit built with realistic instruments and controls. Standard video and USB interface make it easy to set up for personal gaming or business operations. DM or write to [email protected] for specs, pricing, shipping coverage, etc.

Waiting on parts sucks, especially when they include custom electronics components.

Basically mechanical control cables pulled back and forth with fancy springy handles. You’d love the ACES II mechanisms when they snap in place.

More metal, silverfish, shiny, clean-cut metal

Rail assembly, should look better coated gray😎

Seat pans stamped out of steel.

Up there, you're gonna eat lightening, crap munition and even when you bail out, you'll be farting Mach diamonds out your ass coz you're entirely made of metal!

Hooah?

- What do we call the line that feeds juice into the avionics?
- The feline.

Pre-order of full-metal F-16/F-22 ejection seat replicas starting at $1,999.

In response to requests from fans, we've expanded our product line to include the family, starting with this version with a more obtuse angle between the seat back and the seat pan https://www.neoengress.com/aces-ii-f-16 (scroll down the page for detailed pricing of the add-on packs)

I'm attaching some close-up pictures for those who seek high fidelity ACES II replicas. And in case you don't know where to look:

A) Check both the exterior and interior of the seat bucket, the iconic strengthening beads (rounded vertical bumps) are well pronounced on both sides, indicating the sheet metal parts are stamped with customized molds;

B ) The complex seat back plate, seat pan and the polyhedral front plate of the seat bucket also require customized stamping molds to fabricate;

C) Lightening holes in the rocket housing are properly flared, together with several more pieces, they each require molds to form into shape. These features are very difficult to build manually in a home DIY setting. If you ever tried before, you'd know what I mean;

D) The knee guards, handles, ejection rail rollers and other solid parts are CNC milled out of solid metal;

E) Sheet metal parts are firmly riveted together, screws/bolts are only used where it's absolutely necessary to loosen parts for reconfiguration/maintenance;

F) Use of conventional nuts is reduced to a minimum with the help of pre-installed steel clinch nuts;

G) The whole base assembly is hoisted up and powder baked in an industrial oven for the proper matte gray finish;

Lastly but not the least, we call it a pre-order because not all the add-on parts are available ATM. We have enough experiences and confidence to get them made right, it just takes some more time in the beginning to get the initial batch made. For this extra wait, we are offering early birds the listed pricing during the promotional period, after which fewer perks will be available for the same prices.

You are welcome to browse through our older posts for our qualities and fabrication capabilities. Drop a message in our inbox for more information on products, ordering and shipping if you're interested.

Added a black variant for F-15 fans 😉

While we keep on delivering NACES seats, work on these new ACES II seats are also in progress. The first Viper version prototype has been tested and we're preparing for production. https://www.neoengress.com/

Another outstanding build by Paul Tsaras. He came up with the rest of the cockpit for himself before the NeoEngress NACES arrived. Great immersion to score some more kills.

Shout out to Steven Nagy who has recently installed our NACES inside his home cockpit. Thanks for sending over the pics!

The seat can be mounted to wood planks, but it works best bolted to a steel cockpit floor which provides optimal rigidity.

Stamped metal seat pan and back pad underneath those cushions

Not much is in this area, but there are actually plenty of things worth noting from this picture. Underneath the finished matte black side plate lies this huge, solid but smooth part milled and bent out of aluminum alloy. Steel helicoil inserts have been installed in those threaded holes if you look close enough. On top of the bucket is our seat cushion tailored out of a custom dyed jacquard fabric with a coarse texture very similar to the one used on original seats. 3D printed nylon parts are sandwiched between machined metal parts to offer better integrity and appearance. The harness control lever comes with a screw that adjust its stiffness. (simulated Martin Baker SJU ejection seat)

Functional toggles & an operable handle with a section of linkage on the seat bucket.

Go echelon

Some of the parts from our latest batch, full seats take way more than these to complete. We are trying to mitigate the impact on manufacturing from the pandemic and get the products shipped out ASAP.

We've made an F/A-18C Hornet simulator cockpit layout illustration, it's probably the only one generated with an actual CAD model of production hardware. A high resolution version can be found at www.neoengress.com/downloads. Hope it will offer some reference for those in need.

It's one thing to make a good looking model on paper, and totally something else to have it actually built with functionality. And when it's done, you'll know it's made of real metal because of those flush blind rivets. https://www.neoengress.com/naces-ejection-seat

Buttons, how hard can they be? You get tactiles, micro swtiches, silicone domes and watertight ones. I can get half a dozen for a dollar, with lights! But they either feel too mushy, or light up with a bright dot in the middle, even get stuck after pressing. If we crave better fidelity, then here's one way of doing it. These molded translucent button caps work best with high gram-force dome switches and SMT backlight designs. They helped us make quality keypads and bezels. https://www.neoengress.com/f18c-knobs-buttons

A fair amount of combat aviation vibes might be just enough when a full-sized ejection seat feels like an overkill. This F-18 style office chair comes at $890 with distinctive features found on the fighter jet ejection seat, while still fitting inside the envelope of an ordinary office chair. Like our full ejection seat, the seat bucket is built from tough steel & aluminum parts joined with aviation grade flush rivets. Features such as caster/fixed base types and leather/textile cushions are optional, depending on different applications ranging from casual office settings to hardcore flight sim gaming. More info available on our site: https://www.neoengress.com/naces-office-chair