DIY hotas desk mount

[gillers]

http://imgur.com/a/tcrvE

 

Here is my attempt at mounting my HOTAS on a desk. I have a (dusty) X52 and an IKEA standing/sitting desk. I was inspired by the excellent Monster Tech desk mounts.

http://www.monstertech.de/en/

 

I bought the metal plates in a local DIY store. They are the metalwork used with wood for building roofs and such. Wood connectors I think.

 

You can view some of them here;

http://www.woodiesdiy.com/category/Wood-Connectors/1.5.2.8

 

So I have four 90 degree panels and four flat panels (80 x 240mm) plus two small plates (80 x 40mm). And all bolted simply together as you can see in the photos.

 

I used a strip of industrial Velcro to hold the X52 in place. As it sits on top of the screws, it needs to be thick but it works fine.

 

I have two largish G clamps to hold them onto the desks and they are fine. You can get four x 50mm ones that can go each side but my ones work fine. There is no real adjustment available as the holes on the plates only line up in one or two places. As my desk can move up and down I can adjust it that way. But the first time I used it, it was fine and didn’t need any vertical adjustment.

 

I will add tape to the plates to smooth it off and smooth the corners and also cover the end of the screws.

 

Total cost was €36 and the Velcro was the most expensive part of that. It took about 15 minutes to put them altogether.

 

Now I need to upgrade the X52…