Flight Simulator Cockpits

Interesting Idea with the Barnes and Akers setup! Sort of a cockpit standard doing a quick google on the subject very cool!

What size displays are you using? Are the LCD's? If so I would consider a VESA mounting system, here is a good example:

http://www.mountsandmore.com/Bretford-FPSM-W-DIS3-AL-3-Monitors-BR1443.html

The above example is a bit expensive, if you look around you can find something a b it more cost effective.

Another way would be to build a surround for the monitors and use a simple VESA mount for each:

http://www.mountsandmore.com/Peerless-SF630-PE0425.html

This way is less expensive and it gives you more flexability in the design.

Here is a WIKI on the VESA standard:

The Flat Display Mounting Interface (FDMI), also known as VESA Mounting Interface Standard (MIS) or colloquially as VESA mount, is a family of standards defined by the Video Electronics Standards Association for mounting flat panel monitors, TVs, and other displays to stands or wall mounts.^[1] It is implemented on most modern flat-panel monitors and TVs.

The first standard in this family was introduced in 1997 and was originally called Flat Panel Monitor Physical Mounting Interface (FPMPMI).

Variants

The original VESA mount (MIS-D) consisted of four screws arranged in a square, with the horizontal and vertical distance between the screw centers being 100 mm. This is still the most commonly used configuration for desktop computer displays. A 75 mm × 75 mm layout was defined for smaller displays.

The MIS-D screw holes have an M4 thread and are typically 10 mm deep. Appropriate fasteners (typically ~10 mm long) are often supplied with the mount rather than the display, but they are also easily available from many hardware stores.

The FDMI was extended in 2006 with a collection of additional screw patterns that are more appropriate for larger TV screens.

MIS-D 75	75 mm × 75 mm
MIS-D 100	100 mm × 100 mm
MIS-E	200 mm × 100 mm
MIS-F	200 mm × 200 mm 400 mm × 400 mm 600 mm × 200 mm 600 mm × 400 mm 800 mm × 400 mm 280 mm × 150 mm

and a link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Display_Mounting_Interface

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