Next Level Racing Flight Stand Pro (NLR-S032)

More than I expected, built too last

I purchased both the stand and the seat proAnd I must say the installation took me 6 hours plus.The issue I had during installation was with the yoke mount but with a little bit of effort it was sorted as it was looking to big initially to fit in with the screws and top mount.Every other thing was pretty much easily done.Overall, the build quality is second to none.Very solid and looks good as well.Comfort is excellent and I didn’t need all the side mounts otherwise it will be difficult to get in and out.I will put a video up for the seat pro review.

This isn’t an extremely modular sim cockpit. For example, I wanted to mount my winwing MFDs.I couldn’t do that without coming up with a mounting solution for the winwing clamps. Arms are so far apart even at the lowest distance. Annoyance, but not worth the 3 starsWhy I’m giving this 3 stars is, what makes this any better than other $500 cockpits on the market? I could buy and achieve a better pit starting off with aluminum extrusions and a chair for $100 more? If you want to upgrade the flight stand pro, you’re locked in to their ecosystem, and that’s it.If this was $299-399, and with chair $699-$799 I would recommend. The market is just too small for shenanigans like this

Very involved assembly process. Unfortunately I opted to get a refurb and the packaging was a disaster with missing pieces. To the manufacturers credit they made good without fuss and mailed me all the missing parts. Many months later I remain impressed with the quality and versitility and rate this a quality product despite the installation complexity and situational issue with packaging (Amazons fault, not theirs).

It was obviously a returned flight sim Pro Stand that they just re-taped the box and sent off to me. It’s disgusting to pay full price (not cheap) for new and then receive less than new and damaged. I would never recommend buying anything from Next Level after this experience.

I spent the better part of 3 days building this and setting up all the peripherals to get it in the best shape possible. It comfortably holds 2 throttles, joystick and F18 MIP all at once...plus I have enough room to store a collective on the side. Cant use it with the throttle in place on the left thigh, but easily taken care of. I wish that could have been thought out a little better when they designed this since helicopter simming is becoming fairly large now.Pro's: Its very comfortable. It sits better than any gaming chair Ive ever used, and Im fairly certain I can game in this thing for a while without getting butt hurt. Took a while to assemble, and man...building this thing was fun in its own right.Con's: After all is said and done, its smaller than I thought it would be.1) I have the seat scooched back all the way, and my rudder pedals are about as far back as they can go. I barely have enough room to fit in to keep my joystick from striking my MIPs.2) You can only fit a joystick in 2 places if you have a MIP installed: on the right side or on the center pedestal with the articulating link. Do not have any room whatsoever for an extension. None. Zero. Put an extension on the Flight Stand Pro and it will sit directly under the MIP. If you use the extension on the Flight Seat Pro, it will strike the MIP if you push the stick forward. With the MIP installed, you have only 4" of forward travel at best.3) The Flight Deck has only one fitting to allow clamping the MIP. The piece that you install for that is only wide enough to fit either 2 MCDs side by side, or the HUD/UFC/AMPCD at once. You have to get creative and go to Home Depot to find spacers to get them to fit. Obviously this was designed prior to the MIP being released and in widespread use, but the fact they attempted to make it work fell flat on its face. Im sorry, but the included spacer should have been another 8" in width to accommodate the whole assembly.4) Had to fabricate a place for a collective to mount. Not a ding on the setup as a whole, but wish that could have been a choice. Didnt have to alter any details to the pit at all to get it to work, just another hassle to deal with.5). And last but not least, there doesnt seem to be any support for Slaw brand rudder pedals to be installed. You will have to figure out a way to get them to fit if you happen to have a set, or just get yourself a HSS drill bit and start drilling some holes. Not a big problem, but not a good problem to have either. Those Slaws are expensive, arent they? Im not really interested in putting a drill bit to a few pieces of expensive hardware just to mount together.I havent really flown in the new seat yet, so I cant quite comment on how truly comfortable it is and Im sure Ill come across more gripes in the future as well, but all in all Im really liking this setup. Really would be perfect if the above mentioned gripes would be dealt with and it will truly be an awesome setup. The limited time I spent in it already makes me wish I had some more free time to play now. Cant wait!

There are so many pieces that don’t fit or aren’t aligned. The right bottom didn’t align with the flight seat pro, and the swivel arm is off. The bolt goes in diagonal.I’m not really sure what to do. The thing weighs 100 pounds. It’s not like a can return it.

Well made, sturdy with easy to follow instructions. Came with all tools needed for assembly and a ton of extra hardware. Only issue because nothings ever perfect was a scratch on the top platform. Was not surprised as the box had been handled hard with damage to one corner. Still all in all, very glad I selected this model.Update :Downgraded to 4 stars because attaching points for use with Next Level Racing Flight Seat Pro (NLR-S033) need to be modified if you purchase both items and want to attach them.