On Amazon real cheap: Bell Glides Replacement Office Chair or Stool Swivel Caster Wheels to Fixed Stationary Castors, Low Profile Bell Glides with Soft Rubber Bottom Instead of Self Felt Pads.
I bought those too but everytime I got up from the chair the casters will get off the pad and it was a pain to make all five caster fit in the little cavity (I have a heavy chair). I did find a use for those: glued them to the bottom of my Thrustmaster Rudder Pedals and they no longer move on my wood floors.
I have these for my chair:
Iâve been driving, and now flying, with my G27 pedals which have a brake which is very stiff indeed (the pedals are braced to stop them moving). My wheeled chair stays pretty well in place as I have always had it sat on one of those commercial âdustâ mats:
I just drop an old cushion behind the rearward wheels. Just have to be careful when you get up as you canât push the chair back, and make sure you donât trip over the cushion
What about a door stop wedge, just put it under one of wheels as long as itâs positioned to the rear of you it works really well and is dead cheap, I use one myself.
My 5 wheeled task chair sits on carpet. To stop it from moving, I get the chair into position sideways. The castors are much more difficult to move side on, and this works really well.
I use one of those rubber like mats used for when standing a long time in a workshop, itâs kind of a lattice with holes through it, it provides grip above and below and so reduces unintended movement.
Yes thatâs exactly what Iâve found too. Even when the chair is secured it still swivels. Iâve used the locking wheel casters but then the chair still swivels which is very annoying. Iâm now getting rid of rudder pedals altogether as Iâve found the sim to be more enjoyable without. If you use the desk for other things like I do then it doesnât make sense to configure it purely for flight simming. At the end of the day weâre sitting at our desks on a PC, not flying for real. I get that some people want it as realistic as possible but FS2020 doesnât even simulate adverse yaw properly anyway so we cannot fully get the realism even with having pedals.
Donât get me wrong I like to have quality hardware to make it feel as real as possible. But the issue with the chair moving just ruins the immersion for me.
Instead of a plastic floor protector I put down a â â â â â â piece of rug that I got from a local carpet store. Itâs thick enough that the chair does move when I actuate the rudders. What rudder pedals do you have? You Can adjust the tension on the Saiteks that Iâve had for probably 15 years.
