X-55 Rhino HOTAS adapter plates for SVARTÅSEN Laptop stands

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This design is heavily based on an excellent mounting plate concept for the X-52s, adapted to suit the X-55 Rhino. All credit goes to http://www.thingiverse.com/GMBridge and check out his original X-52 plate design at: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1017785. Adapter plates and connectors are needed to mount a X55 Rhino HOTAS (http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/x55.html) to SVARTÅSEN Laptop stands (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40242177/). These should also work for other HOTAS systems if they have the same mounting holes, or links to customize these are provided below. The set includes plates and some push pins to clip the plate to the laptop stand. Eight 3" long 1/4 inch carriage bolts with wing nuts were used to connect the X-55 to the mounting plate. A large printing surface is required for these plates, as they measure 7"x9". Printing took place using an i3Mega-Prusa from 3DStuffmaker with PLA @ 0.4mm layers at 40% infill and 3 solid top and bottom layers for strength. Since the X-55 Throttle and Joystick have the same orientation and hole pattern, it might be more effective to simply print two of the Joystick Plates. This maintains the laptop stand's feet in their original position for both modules, considering there are guide slots and holes in both the stand and plate determining orientation. Feel free to modify this design as needed: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/0vDojyYdg3s-x55-hotas-joystick-mounting-plate https://www.tinkercad.com/things/1eRPQBdHL8w-x55-hotas-throttle-mounting-plate. The push-clip design is provided by GMBridge: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/jsnwV3lncTR-hotas-push-clip. Instructions Print one adapter plate (or two Joystick plates, keeping stand orientation the same), and 10 push clips (five per plate) to secure the plate to the laptop stand.