I bought a warthog HOTAS at the end of last year, finally upgrading from my Saitek X52 which got so old that the rubber actually destabilised and went tacky!
I love the warthog but it is so awkward to use on a standard height desktop. I have looked at mounts but they are extortionately priced so decided that I would try the vesa monitor mount approach. I bought the mount and found that nobody makes a warthog to vesa attachment so I decided to make my own!
Kind of difficult in a flat but bought some precut 5mm aluminium and over the weekend I drilled out the holes for the stick and the throttle together with the vesa mount holes. Sanded, primed and painted with matt black enamel I think they look good.
Because of the minimum spend on the aluminium I bought enough to make 4 sets. Unfortunately i screwed up the holes on one of the stick mounts, but if anyone wants to buy a set let me know. You never know if there’s enough interest I could make some more.
I’ll take pics of it set up tonight but thought i’d share the pics todsy whilst on lunch.
Yeah! I bought a dual monitor arm mount and I’m fitting them to that tonight. Was waiting for the enamel to dry a bit more before fitting. Will do tonight and share the pics.
I have only just fitted them, but no they won’t because I am sat back a little to take the photo. The plate is actually between and just above my thighs when properly seated and the mount bar clears in front of my knee too for the rudder pedals.
Here’s a slightly better pic but difficult to take haha!
Thanks! It is pretty solid. I have tightened all the bolts on the arms and the only small movement is from the desk itself if anything. I definitely haven’t noticed any problems whilst flying. Plus, with the stick in a place where you have more authority you overcome the central point of the stick much easier. It feels much better than up on the desk.
Here you go, a quick vid (excuse the poor quality, camera work, direction and production values)
