I am using an idea from recoilfx. Gardena 39035 metal garden hose connector. http://www.amazon.com/Gardena-39035-8-Inch-Garden-Connector/dp/B002VED3KW

Just had to cut down the plastic threaded bit. Used copper pipe reducers soldered together. I've dressed it with a bit of copper pipe insulation, cardboard tube and aluminum tape. The extension adds approx 8 cm to the stick height. I would not want it longer. I am able to incorporate the stick offset and have gained much in the way of precision. Very solid. The biggest problem I had was the PS/2 extension cable. I could only find it in 6' length and had to cut out over 5' and then solder it back together... those are small wires.

More info on this mod here: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3269689/Thrustmaster_Warthog_Extension.html

Cheers

Nice seat Lobo_63.

- Ice, I found a Toyota Celica driver's side car seat that I mounted on to a wooden box - with wheels on the back side like what Lobo_63 did on his seat above. The neighbor wrecked her car and sold me the seat for $10. Nice things about it are the adjustable forward and back position and the tilting back.

The Toyota car seat unfortunately stunk of cigarette smoke so I got a car seat cover for it - and because that cover is made from plastic, and so is the seat, I have had to take extra steps to ground myself so I don't send sparks over to my computer when I get in and out of it.

WC

WC, you will see on my other thread, my car seat is a bucket seat that is covered by some fuzzy cloth-like material. No worries about cotton-plastic rubbing here. It has rails as well so it slides forward/back, and the back can obviously tilt. Just needed a bit of vacuuming when I got it as it was stored in a garage for a year or so, but no stink or damage.

- Ice, everyone,

Ground all your hardware and hang a few grounded wrist strap connectors around your cockpit and connect up before entering and disconnect after exiting. I was going to write a long response but this is what it comes down to.


It is insurance. Like radial tires and a TGP.

WC

Seeee, it was this little Princess Nikita (aka "The Destroyer Of P/N Junctions) who rubbed my leg and then, my left pinky *SPArked* over to my throttle last year; three weeks later my MB USB ports failed. You just never know where the static is going to come from.