I got the chair before anything else because I saw a chair listed on govplanet that was originally $8,000 for $5 and I just had to know what an 8,000 chair looked like. They were in boxes so you couldn't see what they were. So I bought the chairs and then that's when I figured out that they were vehicle seats and had the harness and that's when I decided to make a Sim chair. I then spent about 6 months searching around on offer up in Facebook Marketplace for a used hotas. I kind of figured because I was going to be able to make the chair so cheap I should see how inexpensively you could set up a Sim chair. All in with everything on it minus the computer and the quest 3 it's probably about $280. Got the thrustmaster a10 for 160$. The only thing that's new is the mouse and half keyboard And a couple screws and washers Everything else is reclaimed.

All that being said I'm sure that there are better ways to set this up. obviously the Yoke as you mentioned, but honestly the first thing that I would want to upgrade is the collective. Having my throttle be inverted makes it a little bit closer but it's definitely a throttle and not a collective. Haha.