Next Level Racing Boeing Military Edition Sim Pit Unboxing and Review

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Ward unboxes and reviews the new Next Level Racing Boeing Military Edition simulator pit.
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@ProtoGenesisComic Жыл бұрын

Hello Ward, I am so happy that you made this video. I am a disabled Air Force Vet (enlisted - ELINT), I can't fly anymore (penguin) and your video was the first time I had seen the Next Level Racing Flight Simulator Cockpit and the Thrustmaster TPR Pedals. I bought both and I have to say I am very pleased that I did. I am very active in Flight Sims again and this has had a huge positive impact on my life. Thanks so much. Take care.

@kry0cera962 11 ай бұрын

much love G

@michaeldehart648 Жыл бұрын

DCS is pure fantasy for most of us. Sim-pits and all the add-ons really let you get your geek on. It is refreshing to see someone that has truly "been there, done that" enjoy getting just as nerdy as we mere mortals. LOL! Thanks for sharing!

@Kjell777Iverson Жыл бұрын

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate Ward's taste in music? 😀

@nyandyn Жыл бұрын

That new punk rock?

@diegoruiz7600 Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's pretty badass.

@benjaminperez7328 Жыл бұрын

@@nyandyn I got that reference! 🫵🏼👍🏼

@psybain Жыл бұрын

Classic pic of Kurt on the wall

@steliopapazoglou5980 Жыл бұрын

i know right it makes me wanna just whip out my guitar and jam with him. Seems like a genuinely cool dude

@glennroesler3658 Жыл бұрын

Ward, even at 72 years I can see myself having great fun with this sim pit. I am not a gamer, but this would be one way to bet my 36 year old gamer son to visit! Thanks my friend for the view.

@sergioesamayoa Жыл бұрын

I'm 55 and still enjoy gaming!

@csmith9684 Жыл бұрын

For Sure! He will love it , I love it & I've been gaming nearly 50yrs myself !

@csmith9684 Жыл бұрын

@@sergioesamayoa Awesome! FYI: The World-Wide average age of a gamer is nearing 40 yrs.!

@tombstoneshadow4614 Жыл бұрын

I was building my own sim pit, but it was taking forever. Then I saw this rig and immediately decided I need it to simplify my process. Watching this video only solidified my decision. Thank you.

@OneShotStop229 Жыл бұрын

Very cool. It is insane to me how quickly (relatively speaking) we have advanced to this point in technology. I remember playing Jane's USNF in the mid 90s and seeing the Tomcat created out of like 12 triangles, using just a mouse and keyboard to fly it. Now we have full on, consumer ready sim-pits and graphics that basically match real life. Just insane.

@iankphone Жыл бұрын

F-15 Strike Eagle on the Commodore 64. Ground targets were triangles. Aircraft were slightly different triangles, in the sky. But a 1mhz 8bit CPU with 64k of RAM doesn't have much headroom for stunning visuals. ;-)

@kstxevolution9642 Жыл бұрын

Hell, even the novalogic games in the late 90s... They had good graphics for the time but the computer grunt for the flight model is out of this world

@shawnerz98 Жыл бұрын

@@iankphone I had that game!! Used to love bombing Libya back in the mid-80's.

@LRRPFco52 Жыл бұрын

Yup. Falcon 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 as well as MS Flight Simulator 1 and 2 in the 1980s. I always had a vision for a near video image quality F-111 strike mission up into North Vietnam at night. I haven’t played with any civilian sims since the mid 1980s.

@wendellsawyer4386 Жыл бұрын

@@iankphone Flight simulator on the PCjr...

@DSherman911 Жыл бұрын

I remember playing Afterburner on Sega Genesis circa 1989. I was in the 4th grade, and did so from the couch. Looks like we’ve come a ways since then. Setup looks pretty awesome, bro.

@tayzer22 Жыл бұрын

A full simpit has always been one of my goals. It makes sim flying so much more engaging, like when I added rudder pedals to my setup.

@Native_love Жыл бұрын

That's cool Wade! Thank you for your service! MORE TOMCAT STORIES PLEASE!!!

@MrWolverine46 Жыл бұрын

I literally saw this on my Amazon suggestion feed yesterday. Now your release a review today. Thanks for the review, I was already thinking about this pit and now I got some insight. I appreciate your work on this and look forward to future videos. Thanks again Mooch

@drewvickers1520 Жыл бұрын

Been bouncing between the Next level and another no-name mfg. sim setup. This sealed the deal for me. Great vid Ward! Happy flying!

@alexsachse Жыл бұрын

Awesome. I have the very same one, just bought it two weeks ago and put it together last weekend. Paired it with a 48" Aorus 4K monitor and using the Thrustmaster rudders, A 10 stick & throttle. I absolutely love it - super experience. Next up will be a Winwing Top Gun MIP to create a more effective work environment where I have to rely less on mouse for data entry and manipulating the DDIs/AMPCD functionality. I think Next Level Racing has an absolute winner on their hands with this sim pit. Thanks for sharing your experience...

@BeyondNexus Жыл бұрын

Hope you got one the other day when they restocked bud, sold out pretty quick and I managed to get one myself. Just waiting on that TG MIP & this chair/pit in the video to get delivered then I'll have everything to setup my first sim pit. Been just playing with them desk mounted for a little around a year now and ready to finally geek out in my own little pit. : )

@phillipschmidtke2001 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing us! I enjoy seeing how much you enjoy your new sim pit!

@mikewebster2761 Ай бұрын

I’m retired Army(11B), I’ve always been fascinated with filter jets. Watching your videos inspired me to get into DCS, I’ve invested in all the F16 components from Thrustmaster and Winwing and I’m having a great time learning. Thank you sir👍

@fermentillc Жыл бұрын

I can literally see a ten yr old Ward running around the x-mas tree with this. Awsome and thanks for sharing.😁

@ScottHirons Жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking. Unboxing video! Great one!

@jonrichardson9223 Жыл бұрын

Hi Ward! Just wanted to tell you that I sent a link of this video to a friend of mine yesterday as we are both building out our Sim pits- I have the same one you have (or had) the Volairsim one, and I was showing him this video you made and anyhow, he bought the Boeing one on the spot! Its arriving next Tuesday and he's very excited to get it put together! Thanks for the video!

@andrewsteele9588 Жыл бұрын

I was literally looking at this pit when it came out, and you made a video on it when I was interested, I’m pretty convinced on getting it now.

@Rabble1narms Жыл бұрын

great piece of kit - much appreciate the review as your set up is where I'm heading, with only the sim pit base left

@CurbSlayers Жыл бұрын

Been eyeing the Next Level Military Edition setup myself for awhile now and this pretty much seals the deal. Thanks for the review Ward. And thanks for serving. 🙏 But put your harness on brother! 🤣

@ericlawrence9729 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mooch for the great review and content as always. Thinking of you and your family during the holiday. All the best and God Bless.

@dcbc9619 26 күн бұрын

Just ordered mine, thanks Ward, love the channel, love the content!

@Pricklyhedgehog72 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful stuff...definitely something I'm kicking around as I tackle the final rendition of my office.

@Tubeflux Жыл бұрын

Thanks, a beautiful rig, great video, nice short overview over the whole thing.

@greedsmack Жыл бұрын

What a fantastic video. Super informative and well made. Thank you for your hard work!!!

@WhoWouldWantThisName Жыл бұрын

I would love to see more content related to your DCS experiences Ward. Doesn't have to be live stream game play or anything like that but just videos related to your thoughts on gear such as this and also various aircraft and maps within DCS. I'm really curious what all you have tried out and how you ended up choosing the things you use and what you liked or didn't like about other things out there, for example VR vs head tracking, etc.. Also really looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts on this system vs others after you've logged more hours in that seat. Love your channel, BTW.

@ATCDave1 Жыл бұрын

"Mooch-land facility" lol, I love it!

@pauldehart744 Жыл бұрын

Love this. Thanks for showing it to us. I have it on my wish list on Amazon but I do not think I can afford it. Very nice setup.

@fridge7515 Жыл бұрын

Got one. I love it, I added a Buttkicker setup for haptic feedback and lots of controls

@soulmanm12954 Жыл бұрын

Always nice to get new toys! Look forward to the flight hours! Be safe, keep us posted! Thanks! Can you imagine if we had these for SIM training?!!!!😁

@WardCarroll Жыл бұрын

Right?

@benjaminperez7328 Жыл бұрын

@@WardCarroll Was VADM Whitesell receptive to DCS and/or simpits in ready rooms?

@kilo1-145 Жыл бұрын

WOW! This is really impressive, Mooch. This really brings me back to memories when I used to rig a desktop back in ‘98 with ‘DID’s EF 2000’ combat flight sim. My dad custom made an acrylic mount to screw together to the desktop to place an F-18 stick on center. This (and the price…) is making me reconsider coming back to $plurging. Because of reasons, you know…. Cheers!

@pgm1673 Жыл бұрын

That was a fantastic game, cool flashback.

@Wikkus Жыл бұрын

EF2000 was responsible for my first ever LAN party and many more afterwards. Teamspeak didn't exist, so some clever guys figured you could use (UK) FM-band CB radios with a very sawn-off antenna for our comms. Happy days :D

@n0kodoko143 Жыл бұрын

Super cool piece of kit and awesome review!! I hope you enjoy the set up 👍

@johnnyp5573 Жыл бұрын

Just got into flying DCS thanks for the video Ward!!!

@Jon....... Жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see someone simulate the ejection/seat/process itself!

@bheppes Жыл бұрын

Great Video. I’ve been evaluating if I want to jump into DCS and build a SIM rig.

@tommychew6544 Жыл бұрын

It's cool that they realized that you are the real deal and sent you that so that others interested in that would get a report from someone who knows what he is talking about on this feel!

@Gh0st0071 Жыл бұрын

I just ordered the Boeing Commercial Edition after watching your video!. Unfortunately the version you have is on back order, their is only little differences in between them which isn't going to be a problem at all. I don't comment very often but thanks again for another great video Ward Carroll, I've been watching and followiing for sometime, much appreciation and love from Australia 🇦🇺 Hopefully see you in DCS one day, take care.

@joserdiazalmodovar1898 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Ward . I love Military Aircraft and Guitars too¡ Great.

@ARescueToaster Жыл бұрын

I am a jealous man - that's a slick setup! One day. after I upgrade out of my meh-ish X52, I'm going to have to consider something like this. Looks incredibly immersive

@Nightdare Жыл бұрын

For mounting things on plates: No need for screws if you got 2 flat surfaces and a bunch of velcro I can grab my 1st gen VPC Mongoost at the throttles and lift it with the old speaker cab (Which weighs a few kgs) I attached it to and that's with only 6 1x1" contactpoints

@interstellar618 Жыл бұрын

Ward, I have that same framed Zeppelin picture in my office. That was an instant sub:)

@nolan6137 Жыл бұрын

Very nice setup. I'm rocking a large butcher block desk with thrustmaster steel hotas with a LG 48, C2 monitor OLED.

@RichardGrijalva Жыл бұрын

I enjoy learning about aviation and its associated military-civil contexts from your videos, Mooch! An added bonus is to see that Dodger blue hoodie. Go Dodgers!

@steveramsey4999 Жыл бұрын

Love seeing the Truman cap, My Daughter is currently assigned to AIMD. I was in in the 80-90s and of course the F-14 is my favorite bird, I never got to work on them P-3's and EA-6Bs was my thing. A P-3 sim would be fun, if you like lots of switches to mess with :)

@ashaman400 Жыл бұрын

Brother I have been searching for a decent "pit" for so long couldn't find anything, (during search was using the wrong key words). Thank you for this review.

@jaywulf Жыл бұрын

Probably the first commercial I have ever enjoyed watching. Edit: The harness is there if you decide to strap the whole assembly to some actuators to get the movement going for a full-sim experience.

@exodus1977 Жыл бұрын

Love it. Also have my guitar and amps on the other side of the room as well.

@goodgugamuga Жыл бұрын

Your man cave is AMAZING!!

@paulvanthomme3209 Жыл бұрын

Commander. It looks like Christmas came early for you! Have fun. And I am ready for Saturday's Army Navy game. GO NAVY BEAT ARMY!

@WardCarroll Жыл бұрын

BEAT ARMY!

@rodncin Жыл бұрын

You win the cool toy contest this year!

@urrugames4062 Жыл бұрын

I do have the commercial edition as I do fly DCS and MSFS indistinctely and it's absolutely great, worth every penny

@vonpester Жыл бұрын

Thanks to showing your RIG.

@jamesfuria3939 Жыл бұрын

Glad you mentioned the bracket for a side stick for the F-16. I haven't tried the DCS thing yet but both you and Nasty seem happy with it. If I get this I'll never get "Lurch" to go home. Tired of him moving the rudder peddles all the way forward as it is.

@tac-cobserver3788 Жыл бұрын

Awesome, it comes with the harness as well, this chair looks cool sir🤙

@Bryster51 Жыл бұрын

Wish you showed how you enter and exit the rig. That is one item all reviewers never show for some reason.

@seanromans6532 Жыл бұрын

Just ordered mine. Will be here in a few weeks. Thank you sir!

@WardCarroll Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@seanromans6532 Жыл бұрын

@@WardCarroll It has been a week and still has not shipped. You would think for almost $900 they would put a little pep in their step.

@davidsfloridafuturefactory2452 Жыл бұрын

Love your Rigs Sir! o7 Thanks for the great content!!

@gscott5778 Жыл бұрын

Aw Ward, You NEED to wear that harness so you get the feel when you try to turn around to check six. Looks great. I'm so far away from sim flight now. Last time I flew sim it was Falcon 3.0 with the Thrustmaster stick and the throttle came out after wards. Have falcon 4.0 somewhere but it won't run on PC I have now. BUT i do now fly RC planes so i do have a flight sim for that when I can't get to the field. Good luck in your DCS flying! Great to watch your videos about Flight in general and especially my favorite Navy jet the Tomcat, best long range jet we've ever built and sadly retired too soon.

@einarabelc5 Жыл бұрын

Awesome, I hope you enjoy. Square footage would be great to know.

@captainchris93 Жыл бұрын

Digging the Marshalls and LP in the background 9:22

@redtailpilot Жыл бұрын

Nice! I bought their older pit years ago but was never a fan of the bucket seat it came with (I'm not a race driver), so I swapped it out with my gaming seat. I also have the V3 seat mover. It's a nice addition for DCS (once you tune the settings...less is more in that thing for VR). Now I'm hungry for something more, such as the DOF Reality 6 DOF. 😂

@dannyd7714 Жыл бұрын

I have the same seat, I absolutely love it. You can mount the center mount lower and more forward at the bottom of the seat bracket so you can use a 100mm extension on your stick. I have my warthog stick side mounted by the mouse pad for my F-16 flights, and a VKB stick center mounted.

@Mama-Deuce Жыл бұрын

Just a quick question as someone with all the peripherals and the same monitor as in the video. I want to do a sim pit like this but I also use my computer for work, can this be used ergonomically to do a 9 hour shift office style too.

@customizer2 Жыл бұрын

How about a 200 mm extension, would that be possible?

@rschris Жыл бұрын

That’s so cool!! Another great video keep them coming!!

@troy7295 Жыл бұрын

Look forward to a well documented combat mission in DCS and you doing play by play

@williammccarron5718 Жыл бұрын

Looks great. Helpful review. 👍

@abricio Жыл бұрын

My God. That looks amazing.

@EnsiFerrum Жыл бұрын

Pro-Tip for fixing the throttle quaddrant to a rig: Velcro! I have my Throttle and an extra panel fixed with velco. Holds as hell 🙂

@jimlthor Жыл бұрын

That or he could just get another thin piece of metal and drill a few holes to make an adapter

@dahawaiiansnipah4939 Жыл бұрын

Wow nice set up. When I retire from fps this will be the end game goal.

@ghostrider-be9ek Жыл бұрын

this setup is SCREAMING for a VR setup - nice

@WardCarroll Жыл бұрын

In work. Stay tuned.

@crazyblazeyblaze7736 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir, for a great review, I would really like to pick this one up maybe in the future, In the South Pacific shipping it a little tough lol.. but I did pick up the next level Flight lite cockpit, due to weight and the room I have, which is extremely limited. I like watching video like yours to give me ideas for my upcoming build. I am now a subscriber.

@blacquejacqueshellaque9180 Жыл бұрын

Ward..... you're going to break out the spray paint on that Boeing Label!!!! lol

@01FUMBLE Жыл бұрын

Led Zep in the background nice!!!

@gregoryharris6834 Жыл бұрын

Great review, Mr. Carroll. I bought this exact Sim Pit back in October. It's fantastic, although the seat could stand to be a little more comfortable (it's probably more comfortable than a real jet seat, though!). I have the WinWing F-18 stick, throttle, PTO Panel and PCR panels. I had to weld a custom adapter for the panels, but I expected that. Still figuring out DCS...

@Ginuwine-kx2iv Жыл бұрын

Greg I have the same setup, can you provide picture on how you did it? I don’t weld but it may give me ideas. Thx

@TC-bj8pu Жыл бұрын

Maybe a vid of you operating in the pit? All angles in and out might be interesting. Thanks for the review!

@Ginuwine-kx2iv Жыл бұрын

Next Level was pretty smart you just drummed up a lot of business for them. I too have order a Sim Pit will be here by the 12th.

@Magicks Жыл бұрын

bravo on that setup. wow!

@LKHarwood Жыл бұрын

Awesome video!!! I got mine about a week ago and I totally love it!!! I too have the Warthog setup w/TPR rudder pedals the only difference is I'm using Quest 2 but that's going to be my next upgrade. Oh by the way I did set up the harness. At first I wasn't going to but I decided that a 5 hour build time just wasn't long enough{lol}. But seriously, even though I've never actually really flown anything {except a Cessna a when I was a kid. When I was 10 my dad taught me how to take off, fly, and land one in case of an emergency) I think the harness really adds to the realism while in VR.

@tertiaryobjective Жыл бұрын

Oh that's cool, I bought that TV stand, I've got two TVs stacked as my main screens, solid stuff, built like a weight set. I don't even do any sim racing or flying, unless you count KSP. Eventually I want to get the side extensions, but I don't have the room.

@JBSmoke1 Жыл бұрын

That's quite the rig, Ward!

@GrundleStiltSkin Жыл бұрын

For the TPR, I originally used the slim bars to attach as the manual said, after using i found flexure of the rudder pedals. those thin metal adapters are not rigid enough. i decided to just drill 2 new holes on the rudder base so they could match up with the sim pit base.

@roloduarte3100 Жыл бұрын

Awesome setup.

@MajSolo Жыл бұрын

I am a systems administrator build my own desktops in 1 hours the amount of stuff ward had to get through I say he is moving very fast ( respect )

@marksage6462 Жыл бұрын

What a sweet rig ya got there. The (ejection) seat is a nice touch. Also, that sweatshirt your wearing is somethin else-I've not seen one like that before.

@WardCarroll Жыл бұрын

That's the UX hoodie from the Army-Navy game a couple of years ago. The marbling is supposed to replicate that of John Paul Jones' crypt.

@networkguy3152 Жыл бұрын

First time I have seen one in the wild. Subbed!

@CanadianDad73 Жыл бұрын

Love it! Thanks for sharing.

@scipher99 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I have to get this setup for Elite Dangerous. I'll have to look into if the Virpl HOTAS I have fit's the mounting holes, but it looks like this is very adaptive.

@LFOD1776 Жыл бұрын

Hey! I just bought one of those. It's excellent.

@ajackson8926 Жыл бұрын

I get mine tomorrow can't wait

@DOGosaurus_rex Жыл бұрын

wow what a neat seat up 👍

@donno1970 Жыл бұрын

I've been looking for somewhere that sells these in Thailand the last few days. Hopefully I can find one soon. Looks amazing.

@sharizabel2582 Жыл бұрын

Way cool. Now to save up and set up a rig.

@rogerstephens2749 Жыл бұрын

Nice 👌 only 3 words, I want one!!

@GunBuddy08 Жыл бұрын

Looks awesome! Enjoy! 👍🏻😁👍🏻

@Zetler Жыл бұрын

That RGB keyboard completes this setup.

@chrisfortner9996 Жыл бұрын

It was a burden while doing it but man I miss wrenching on the Tomcat. I saw the Felix letterhead in front of your Sim. Lots of great memories with VF-31.

@PowerfulTruth Жыл бұрын

Hey, Ward! Another immersive video, and a droolable SimPit with this Boeing-branded Seat setup. Can you drop in the set of specs for all your hardware with this Boeing SimSeat that you’ve assembled here, as it looks like you’ve refined a great combo of items. Pedals? Stick? Throttles? Your curved Monitor? Monitor stand? Any other tasty little tried-and-true adds to round out your great looking system? Virtual Headset recco’s, if any? Thanks, Ward! Really enjoy your channel and content.

@bobchronister3429 Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas Shipmate

@madyogi6164 Жыл бұрын

8:50 1 G environment LOL! Ward I bet you would pull that chair up to 9! ; - )

@benjamindavis2948 Жыл бұрын

Ward i had an idea for a community day where you shoot down waves of your fans in mig-21's or some other Red aircraft, i think it would be hilarious and also fun to see if anybody can get through the Aim-54's and sneak R-3R or R-60 at you