@Demonmaker, I'm fully intending to do that 
@Fenris, thanks. I hope this won't disappoint!
I've been hunting around for pictures to get a better view of things and found a nice video capturing the seats and took some screen grabs. I'm figuring that integrating the HOTAS into side panels whould make thinks a little too bulky and I didn't want it to end up looking like this:
This is the seat without the HOTAS. It looks relatively streamlined by comparison:
Looking at the screen grabs, I can see that the throttle and stick are actually mounted on plates / shelves. This got me thinking that I could do something similar and design it so that it includes hardpoints - this will alow the seat to be customised to accommodate various HOTAS configurations from different manufacturers. Obviously, given the dimensions of the warthog, the shelves / plates will be nothing like as thin (they will need to be about 75mm deep) but it will be possible to construct some nicely shaped boxes to mount them in. These can then slot into the sides of the chair and effectively make them removable. The centre console could also be used for an input device of some description:
I'm actually considering using this for an office chair so the ability to remove peripherals would be very beneficial. This may not provide enough height to include the suspended pedals (and I don't want to compromise on that) so I will see how things go.
@Fenris, thanks. I hope this won't disappoint!
I've been hunting around for pictures to get a better view of things and found a nice video capturing the seats and took some screen grabs. I'm figuring that integrating the HOTAS into side panels whould make thinks a little too bulky and I didn't want it to end up looking like this:
This is the seat without the HOTAS. It looks relatively streamlined by comparison:
Looking at the screen grabs, I can see that the throttle and stick are actually mounted on plates / shelves. This got me thinking that I could do something similar and design it so that it includes hardpoints - this will alow the seat to be customised to accommodate various HOTAS configurations from different manufacturers. Obviously, given the dimensions of the warthog, the shelves / plates will be nothing like as thin (they will need to be about 75mm deep) but it will be possible to construct some nicely shaped boxes to mount them in. These can then slot into the sides of the chair and effectively make them removable. The centre console could also be used for an input device of some description:
I'm actually considering using this for an office chair so the ability to remove peripherals would be very beneficial. This may not provide enough height to include the suspended pedals (and I don't want to compromise on that) so I will see how things go.
