Feature / Product Request – Articulating folding Monitor Arm

[chris]

Hi Chris

I’d like to beg / plead / request an additional ‘product’ as an ‘optional replacement’ to one of the existing shelf articulating arms.

Here’s the problem.

I’m a flight sim player, but I’ve just started to get into racing games. So I’ve got the hotas (warthog) and now a wheel, pedals and shifter.

However because of my flight sim, I’ve got the triple monitors and a forth mounting on the dorsal wheel / monitor arm – that leaves my two articulating side arms free for keyboards, iPads / iPhone etc.

Now though, I need to use the dorsal arm and bracket for mounting the steering wheel. But it’s a huge pain to unscrew the monitor for just one gaming session.

However, what if one of the side articulating arm / shelves could take my 24″ touchscreen monitor and when I want to race, I slide in the dorsal arm / bracket with the wheel already attached and play as normal, but when I want my 4 monitor flight sim setup, I slide out the wheel / bracket / arm and use a NEW TYPE of articulating arm to move the 24″ touch screen monitor from the side (where it’s been out of the way) and move it so it’s now in dead centre and resting back up against the dorsal spine housing.

The current shelf articulating arms are almost good enough – but the problem is the first ‘arm’ from the main hinge on the cockpit. The arm is solid and long and so the monitor can’t be flush with the dorsal spine nor central – it locks at 90 degrees.

However, if you had split that long arm up into two, with the new pivot hinge point at such a distance from the main hinge, that it folds back onto the dorsal spine at the right distance, then you can have a 4th monitor dead central and as close to the dorsal spine of the cockpit when you want it, and then move it out to the side (below one of the side triple monitors) when you don’t. This also (for sim racing fans) means that the game it running on the 3 monitors, but touch screen controls, or windows desktop / email / other apps can be running on the 4th monitor off to the lower side, whilst they still race with the wheel.

I’d gladly help in any way I can to make this replacement arm assembly a reality as it would save me lots to money / time / hassle when I want to switch between game types.

What do you think Chris?

• This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by Obutto.

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