FV2 - Low Profile Cockpit Panel - Compatible with Saitek/Logitech Pro Flight Gear

The panel is reasonably sturdy, all things considered, but the ends do need to be secured to the table.Table size matters. Too long won't work at all, and if it's too short, you can't secure the ends of the panel to the table. There is also not adequate reach for the youk clamp to secure the yoke over a structural member. It did not work at all well on the table my monitor and keyboard had been on before.Fortunately, I had a 34" Mainstays resin/plastic folding card table I purchased at Walmart a year or so ago ($35) and it worked very well. I initially just tried clamping the yoke and panel to the table, but it wasn't very secure and it stuck out about twice as far as it needed to from the wall, which wasted a lot of space and looked odd. However, I realized twice as far was very convenient given the table I had. I got my stud finder and a level, located the studs in wall, folded half the table down 90 degrees and screwed the folded half to the wall. The end result was the perfect length from the wall, and was also very stable and secure. Four deck screws and washers was all that was needed to secure the folded half to the wall.Similarly, the panel is high enough that you need a monitor stand, but you need one that will also clear the yoke's base as well, without putting the monitor too far from you. I found a high tech solution at dollar general in the form of a small folding step stool ($5). Once I trimmed a bit off of the front side for clearance, it worked perfectly.My intended use for the panel and the items in it, is to assist me in inexpensively knocking the rust off my Instrument skills prior to a proficiency check, as well as flying unfamiliar approaches in X Plan 11, prior to a trip. The current setup seems to work pretty well for that. It's not certified and thus not loggable time, but the switch panel, multipanel and nav com panel along with the throttle quadrant all you to manipulate most of the usual switches by hand, rather than by mouse or key stroke.Quality wise, the panel was missing one machine screw (so the switch panel is secured with 3 rather than 4). I don't know if that's a common omission or if I was just unlucky. A trip to the hardware store will fix it, but it's mildly irritating.The included clamps were so short reached that they were basically useless. They'll end up doing general shop duty. In my case, I just drilled two more holes in the table and the end brackets and bolted the end brackets directly to the table.Once assembled and secured by the yoke clamp and on both ends, it is stable. The panel isn't something you'd want to use as a hand hold, but it's sturdy enough for its intended purpose. Assembly is reasonably easy, once you solve the table issue.

I had to modify the bracket a bit to allow for the second throttle control to be where I wanted it but that was easy enough to do. I love the fact that I can now disconnect the flight system as a single unit and remount it depending on the game I'm playing at the time! It is an all-plastic unit, but pretty sturdy and is well built. Looks really good too!

Perfect size, specially the height.