Garmin Aera 500 GPS mounting problems?

[MQQNEY]

Ever tried to mount a Garmin Aera 500 GPS on your yoke using the standard supplied mounting bracket? I have GPS in the avionics stack already, but I wanted to mount the little portable one also, you know, redundancy and such. I found it to be impossible to mount the GPS using the generic bracket supplied with the unit and not have it clashing with the cabin vent and heat controls when the yoke is pushed forward. I also found it was pretty easy to make my own, with a bit of sheet metal, and a few cable ties

[Yetti]

You are going to skewer yourself with those pointy ends.  round those suckers off.  might want to round off the cable ties with some toe nail clippers. I think you overspeced the cable ties a bit.