My wife and I have a rather slick "office" space we put together recently, using malm desks w/ the drawers, some kallax shelves, and a countertop. Unfortunately, I am discovering that, while the MALM desk is great for day-to-day-use, mounting a HOTAS setup to it is a bit of a challenge since the drawers always prevent me from moving my throttle far enough to the left to be comfortable. So I went out to my little workshop in the garage and threw together this simple mount with some scrap 2x4's I found. Another catch here, is it has to be removable. I am using clamps to hold it in place right now.
My issue with what I built, is I feel like the stick and throttle are too high for my chair (which is at the highest position.
The Malm desk is incredibly common, so I am hoping someone here has come up with a better system than this.
My issue with what I built, is I feel like the stick and throttle are too high for my chair (which is at the highest position.
The Malm desk is incredibly common, so I am hoping someone here has come up with a better system than this.
You're paying for small-scale manufacture, parts, flexibility, and ergonomics. You can easily put together low side mounts with a few pieces of wood and angle fasteners from the next hardware store, but having something that you can just slide out of the way gets trickier.