Raisuli Posted February 12, 2023 Posted February 12, 2023 I've never really been happy with the method I used to get the Cougar MFDs mounted in my simpit. It's clunky and I broke a screen trying to take them out once (left DDI; it's still messed up). Rather than just make the same mistakes all over again I did some blending. This isn't perfect; I could split one part and handle the taper on the MFD, but...not a big deal. This replaces the base with one about half the thickness, so the MFD is closer to to the actual LCD screen. The big button is power, and lights up when the screen is on. The four holes are menu/+/-/source for the LCD. Those don't get used much anyway. The LCDs are generic 7" ebay screens with controllers. I have three new ones and two originals that aren't broken, but only 4 MFDs. I used electrical tape on the LCD below the MFD so it doesn't back-light anything. This is a test item for the part that holds the MFD. It's red because that's what was in the printer and I don't use it for much, but you can see it uses the original screws to mount to the MFD. There's even cut outs for cable clearance and stress relief for the cable. This is the back. I cut the control panel cable and re-connected it to my control panel, which is really just a group of switches and the LED. This will connect with HDMI and 12v power, so three cables. I'm still trying to decide how to get this in my legacy sim pit; I want to re-design the MFD part to angle the screens better and maybe move the UFC to the center. Still debating. Yes, red. It was a test item that didn't need tweaked. I'll make one black, one green, and one blue so they're all different. In any event, not a bad way to mound screens behind an MFD. 1
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