DanTDBV Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 After a long hiatus ending with a total systems reformat and before reinstalling the controllers, I decided to make the controller mounts for my chair, that has been bubbling around in my head for a while. Unless I decide to do some adjustments, it is now finished. The chair in Battlefront mode. The base plates are fastened in the armrest holes. On top of these are mounted 3 curtain rails. The 2 outer as guides and the middle one for support. The main plates are attached to the base plate, with M6 screw’s, that tightens square nut’s, that slides in the rails. The main plates are adjustable side to side. The chair in Drive mode. The main plates have 2 curtain rails, with metal strips glued to the inside of each wall. This to stop M6 Hex bolts from spinning in the rails. The controller mounts are attached to the main plate, with M6 Hex bolts, sliding in the rail’s, going trough holes in the bottom plate of the mounts, fastened with washers and wingnuts. Easier to catch than the square nut in the rail. The chair in Flight mode. Desktop in Drive mode Desktop in Flight mode. Desktop in Work mode. Next to do? Install controllers and play. Happy Simming. AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 32GB DDR3 1600 Dual Channel GeForce GTX 970 4GB 23,6”+32”+23,6 16/9 screens CH Flightstick Pro, Modded TM T:16000m, Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant, G27, TH Cougar MFD's
Mr_Burns Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 Got a lot of gear in there, well done! What are the 4 smaller monitors? There looks to be a lot of bolts with the thread facing upwards which might cause a few injuries? You could probably buy thread caps for them if there are any pain points in use?
DanTDBV Posted April 29, 2018 Author Posted April 29, 2018 Thank you very much. The 2 screens with Couger MFD's on them, are 8" Eyoyo S801C Monitor's. I have made a quick review here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=207434 The portrait screens are 11" Denver TAQ-90042 Android tablet's that I use with DCS Virtual Cockpit from bit-shift. A valid point with the bolt threads. I have not had any problems with them as of yet. I am considering getting shorter ones, as I was using the 30mm's I had lying around for a DIY Lathe project. That will be for when economics allow. AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 32GB DDR3 1600 Dual Channel GeForce GTX 970 4GB 23,6”+32”+23,6 16/9 screens CH Flightstick Pro, Modded TM T:16000m, Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant, G27, TH Cougar MFD's
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