How to mount a yoke

[FSAddon_boss]

Just wondering how everybody hid their yoke 'housing'..... you know, the big ugly bit of plastic that commercial yoke companies have the actual yoke go into?
I have both a CH and a Saitek yoke, both are equally big, and the housing does not fit behind the panel, because that's where the monitor running AirManager sits.

So should I just LOWER the yoke then underneath the monitor? Will that still make the aircraft flyable (I'd have to sit lower).

I saw someone just made his own yoke, but that's beyond my skills I think....

Ideas?

[blueskydriver]

What about modifying the housing? You could make it smaller and/or remove the components and build them into your MIP...

Don't be afraid too experiment, and as they say "think outside of the box"....

John

[Joe Lavery]

Just wondering how everybody hid their yoke 'housing'..... you know, the big ugly bit of plastic that commercial yoke companies have the actual yoke go into?
I have both a CH and a Saitek yoke, both are equally big, and the housing does not fit behind the panel, because that's where the monitor running AirManager sits.

So should I just LOWER the yoke then underneath the monitor? Will that still make the aircraft flyable (I'd have to sit lower).

I saw someone just made his own yoke, but that's beyond my skills I think....

Ideas?

Just mount it underneath the panel, it's only 70mm. If you think about it some aircraft are fitted with a floor mounted yoke that sits at waist level  or lower. It wouldn't take long to get used to the lower position.
I did that myself just cut two panels of mdf or plywood and shove the yoke between them. Make some strips just a bit wider than the yoke and put one at each end and one in the middle. You can even fit a thin panel over the yoke stem so it appears to be fixed inside the structure, just cut a slot in the strip to hide the big housing.
I used the same strip to mount the switches and flap lever etc.

[FSAddon_boss]

Thanks for the suggestions, much appreciated by this b....y amateur.
John, I did think about that, but am afraid to open the thing up. What if it explodes (there must be springs inside) and I cannot put it back together again ?     

Joe, that might be the easiest solution indeed. Will just need to experiment with a dummy setup I guess....

[Joe Lavery]

This is how I did it Francois.

The panel in mine is slightly angled but it could be vertical if you want to make it easier.. 

I'll send you a PM shortly.

Joe.

[FSAddon_boss]

Oh that's cool Joe ! Thank you for the idea !!!