iPad Mount Suggestions?

[TheBearFlies]

My yoke mount broke yesterday. Looking for tried and true solutions. Can be yoke or other as long as it works in the Mooney cockpit. Mine is an Ovation. Tell me what is working for you.

[hammdo]

I did this: ram suction mount with xnaut cooling…

-Don

[The Other Red Baron]

Don,

Where the heck did you put the suction cup? I can never find a good placement over there and I hate putting weight on the yoke.

[hammdo]

Upper left portion of the pilots side window. With a short arm, it fits and it’s right in my line of site (does cover the steam gauge airspeed a bit). I’ll get some pics next time I’m at the hanger…

-Don

[Niko182]

I always recommend the scosche mount. Its 16 bucks. I'd try that one first before you try anything else since its so cheap.

[ArtVandelay]

Don,
Where the heck did you put the suction cup? I can never find a good placement over there and I hate putting weight on the yoke.

Same position as Don, but I use a C clamp mounted to the edge of the glare shield, can just see it at the edge of the pix:

[Pinecone]

I use an iPad Mini in my Mooney.  I use RAM to mount to the yoke.  I run the arm under the yoke, placing the iPad low and it does not obscure anything

 

[Tim-37419]

1 hour ago, Pinecone said:

I use an iPad Mini in my Mooney.  I use RAM to mount to the yoke.  I run the arm under the yoke, placing the iPad low and it does not obscure anything

 

Same here. Works great and like Pinecone said, no blocked gauges 

[glbtrottr]

RAM makes a 1” ball with every imaginable attachment. One of those is a portruding threaded fitting / bolt end that fits practically any unused instrument mount hole. You can’t get much more sturdy than a screwed on 1” ball, pick your spot.

You can then use a short arm to your iPad, 696/796/760/696 mount anywhere you want. I have practically every garmin portable with a 1” ball mount behind it. No suction coming apart or loose in flight, just a nice portable being constantly charged


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[Tim-37419]

I just put in a second mount for the copilot side. Below is what I used. I love ram mount but the items below are just as good and a lot cheaper. I did have to put another strip of rubber inside the handlebar clamp to make it small enough to grip the yoke's shaft though. 

 

[natdm]

Pivot Cases. Love mine. Wife has one too. It's a case that goes on to the iPad, and then a mount that goes on to the yoke. It's clean and disconnects fast. The case also acts as a stand. 

Downfall: The case for the iPad mini is the worst one. All others are good.

 

[natdm]

Here's the mount on the yoke, and the back of the case.

[midlifeflyer]

I've been a RAM on the yoke guy for all 12 years I've used an iPad.  Standard analog panel. Never seemed to block anything important.

[midlifeflyer]

14 hours ago, Tim-37419 said:

I just put in a second mount for the copilot side. Below is what I used. I love ram mount but the items below are just as good and a lot cheaper. I did have to put another strip of rubber inside the handlebar clamp to make it small enough to grip the yoke's shaft though. 

 

BTW, the ARKON Robust mount cradle is excellent too. I avoid magnetic mounts in airplanes although I use them in cars. 

[Zippy_Bird]

Hello @TheBearFlies

My iPad mini is pilot-yolk mounted.  The base attachment point is a RAM "tough-claw" that squeezes/pinches the horizontal arm of the yolk between the center and the outside vertical hand grips.  I currently have my base clamped on the right side horizontal arm.  The "tough-claw" has a 1" ball.  I then attach a RAM 3" arm, which then connects back to a 1" ball on the back of the iPad mini mount.  This setup could be reversed to the left side and to achieve the same result with opposite symmetry.   This provides a ton of positioning options relative to the yolk.  My optimal setup is iPad mini in landscape orientation, centered horizontally and vertically, as close as possible to the yolk itself.  I then adjust tilt to get the best viewing angel.  With both hands on the yolk, the screen is basically between my palms.  Looks like an iPad mini sprouted yolk handles for ears!

Best of luck on your setup!

Z