sea2sky Posted February 1, 2021 Posted February 1, 2021 Hi guys, I'm building a Hornet pit (will post a WIP pictures later), and got to the point where I would be cutting the front panel. I'm planning to use HELIOS and a 24" display behind it. So, now I'm wondering how I should place the MFD's - should they be sitting on the screen or should I mount them on the mdf panel. The first way ensures there is no gap between MFD and a screen, but I somewhat afraid of damaging the display. Do you think it would be ok or should I keep a bit of a gap there? Those who went the same route - can you suggest? Thanks! i5-9600K@4.8GHz ★ 32Gb DDR4 ★ Asus TUF rtx3080 OC ★ Quest Pro ★ Warthog on Virpil base
flyco Posted February 2, 2021 Posted February 2, 2021 I have mounted mine on MDF with no hardship. I use M4 screw in fasteners. I also drill a small hole immediately below the centre of the lower edge, to take the connection cable.
sea2sky Posted February 2, 2021 Author Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, flyco said: I have mounted mine on MDF with no hardship. I use M4 screw in fasteners. I also drill a small hole immediately below the centre of the lower edge, to take the connection cable. In the other words - your mfd is on mdf and not touching the screen? How did you screw it on? by corners? And if you used fasteners - does it mean you have enough of space between the mdf and screen? Edited February 2, 2021 by sea2sky i5-9600K@4.8GHz ★ 32Gb DDR4 ★ Asus TUF rtx3080 OC ★ Quest Pro ★ Warthog on Virpil base
flyco Posted February 28, 2021 Posted February 28, 2021 Sorry, I misread your post. Mine are mounted either side of my touch screen. I did originally try mounting them on the edge of the touch monitor, using just 3 bolts. However, they did interfere with the screen, unless they were spaced well in front, which led to parallax. In the end I left them without any visual inside their frames. I find them very useable that way, although I prefer to use the touch buttons on the main touch display.
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