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ThanksCaptain Sierra. Yes, since I put the additional padding into the main seat panel, it feels very comfortable. I spent lot of time working on the rake and the angled upper section of the seat - lots of re-cutting involved there - no point in making something which doesn't feel good to sit in. Cheers longbyte1, I'm looking forwards to seeing this completed too, but not as much as my wife I've been using Photobucket for a few years now and can't bring myself to re-organise everything elsewhere!

Just to give an idea of using the mount with an iPad mini: I've ordered some aluminium for use as a top plate for the mechanism.

Loose fit of the mechanism in action. Lot's of things need to be tightened, painted glued yet. Up: Stowed:

Thanks wasmic and SmartS=true, your comments are very much appreciated! I started working on the front of the seat. The lower blanking section fitted here will have another piece of thin, 6mm MDF fitted over the top attached by cap head bolts and threaded inserts - these will look infinitely better than screws. I also started working on the centre console support mechanism which will be stow-able. There's quite a bit more work to do with this yet. The platform will have several cables running to it through the split convoluted sheathing to allow different control options to be used:

That's gone completely over my head GregroxMun I made some more panels for the seat and tidied up the section where the side panel meets the top shoulder panel (another pass of filler is required here): The display is just a volt meter; no function other than aesthetics.

Thank you These projects do take a bit of time! Just to give an idea on the styling of this when complete, it will be similar to my previous racing simulation rig. It looks much more effective once painted and varnished: Something which may be of more interest is the dashboard/control panel I made. Real carbon fibre was used for this: Again, just some ideas for someone hopefully.

A bit more work done on this for anyone interested. With the base cut to the correct size, all the pieces so far have been dry assembled and some blanking pads made for the front of the seat: The inside and outside of the side pieces have been beveled: Top shoulder sections have been made and attached to the sides so they can be worked on as single pieces (there's a lot of filling and sanding to do here): And some Ejection Seat panels made for the sides. These have 2 LEDs. One is a constant red, the other alternates between blue and red. The cap head bolts will be replaced with slightly bigger ones:

Someone over on the Elite: Dangerous forums mentioned that there's a lot of activity with people building control panels, sim pits and such. The reason for posting is to perhaps give some ideas for a command pod - the CP-1 as I have called it - which will be an all in 1 solution for all things space simulation. It's still a WIP but is progressing reasonably well so far. It has an Elite theme. The final build will have two HOTAS pods located either side of the seat with a stow-able console unit in the middle. The console unit will allow the attachment of custom control panels for use with different games/sims. Initial concept picture with a materials list: The HOTAS cases have been made: The side pods have been made using various materials for the inserts (ribbed rubber, automotive mesh and artwork behind cast acrylic: The seat has been created using MDF, upholstery foam and leather vinyl material: I'm currently working on the sides: Well, I hope these images show up, and if they do, it's of some interest here. Edit: A couple more pictures: