JetSeat KW-908 and Ubutto Revolution mod for my Oculus Rift experience

[Fluke816]

I want to share my latest chair/cockpit mod and I am not quite sure where I should post this, so mods feel free to move.

I
have been playing around with my Oculus Rift and have enjoyed quite a
few driving flight sims using it, but wanted a bit more immersion. I had
considered using a butt kicker or making my own version of it, but then
I discovered the Jetseat KW-908.

For
those that don't know, the JetSeat is a cushion for your chair. It
features 8 motors that are connected via a single USB plug to your PC
and will provide force feedback from the game to the 'massage' motors.
SimVibe and SimShaker software is used to control the effects for quite a
few supported games and for those games that aren't supported it can be
used like the butt kicker and sue your sound card.

It even has a massage function.

I
bought the cover and it fitted my Obutto and I found that it really
added to my games, I cant drive/fly without it. The black and orange
cover is a bit ugly and tends to move a little on the seat, so I decided
to integrate it.

I
took started by stripping down the seat cover and discovered that it
had 8 motors that provided the vibration effect, so labeled them up so
that I knew where each one went.

I
then cut through the wires above motors 3 and 4 and added additional
wiring, as the Obutto seat is a recliner and the seat and back rest are
separate. My plan was to reconnect  the upper and lower half of the
Jetseat via plugs that could then be tucked away under the Obutto seat.

Here are a couple of pictures showing the Obutto being stripped and the motors being inserted.

I
had to cut a hollow where I wanted the motors to fit, but the Obutto
has quite a deep cushion and back rest. To help blend the motors in, I
added some 10mm foam cushion to the top with spray adhesive to hold it
all in place.

I
did the back section of the Obutto seat and re-assembled everything and
attached a pair of mini plugs to connect the JetSeat wiring back up.

The
whole thing took me a couple of hours and the Obutto seat was easy to
strip back, and a pair of hog ring pliers made re-attaching the fabric
back together a doddle.

It
was an easy mod  and when looking at the chair  apart from the 2 wire
exiting the seat you cant tell it has been done.... That is until you
fire up Project Cars or War thunder.

The
motors really do provide great feed back, and the only noise you can
hear is a slight hum like an electric tooth brush, but that's really
only noticeable if you decide you want a massage while surfing the web.  The hum is normally drowned out by the game music or sound effects when playing games.

Thanks for looking.

[finagle69]

Just want to say thank you for this post.  It was the inspiration and instruction I needed to do this exact thing.  For my case, I had a couple wires come loose from the motors, and a stripped/spawled slider bolt, so "a couple hours" was more like "a couple days".  Also, I used some of the large heavy duty hog rings/pliers from a local hardware store.  That actually added heavily to the challenge.

However, I absolutely LOVE this mod.  Seat is very clean looking and simple without the cover on it.  Motors work just as well as before.  🙂

Edit:  A couple pictures.

[Fluke816]

finagle69 said:

Just want to say thank you for this post.  It was the inspiration and instruction I needed to do this exact thing.  For my case, I had a couple wires come loose from the motors, and a stripped/spawled slider bolt, so "a couple hours" was more like "a couple days".  Also, I used some of the large heavy duty hog rings/pliers from a local hardware store.  That actually added heavily to the challenge.

However, I absolutely LOVE this mod.  Seat is very clean looking and simple without the cover on it.  Motors work just as well as before.  🙂

Edit:  A couple pictures.

Great work buddy. B)