GamingShogun.com writes, "Without a doubt, assembling your Obutto R3volution gaming cockpit will be the most difficult part about the whole gaming cockpit experience – especially if you are a gamer lacking a past history of building things with socket cap bolts and nuts. The whole assembly took me, solo, about four hours, and that included installing the three monitor mount and acrylic table tops. The Obutto R3volution arrives in two huge boxes (more if you get the accessories) and, once opened and laid out, the task ahead becomes very clear, if not a bit ominous."
GamingShogun.com writes: "The only real problem with building the Obutto gaming cockpit is its instructions. The small, folded piece of paper is not verbose or stepped-out enough for novice builders and you will undoubtedly find yourself looking online for other build stories or images with which to base your construction. Also, the instructions don't mention that you will need to have your own Vesa screws..."
DIY's are the way to go instead of purchasing a rig like this. I had a playseat (2 actually), a friend has an obutto, another a Vision Racer. They are decent but not practical for anything but racing.
I ended up building a DIY using a race seat mounted to MDF board and an old aluminum desk I painted piano black. I have an adpater built for my joysticks and a double slider for more room. It's 10x more versatile than any unit you can buy like the one in this article and a lot cheaper to boot.
Expensive, but I can see the draw. My flight sim setup would benefit from a desk like this.
very cool