When I purchased my IFly it came with a suction cup mount. I'm not sure if that's still standard or not. I needed a yoke mount but knew my wife would balk at me spending another $65 right now. My plane is a Cessna Cardinal. I copied an idea I had used for my approach plate yoke mount. I also used everything but the suction cup bracket from the original IFly mount.
To attach the mount to the control arm I used a standard 1" conduit clamp. It comes with a carriage bolt and wing nut. This clamps perfectly and tightly to the control arm.
I then bought a 12" length of 1 1/4" joist strapping (the straight bar type, not the roll type). I think it's made by Simpson and is about 18 gauge (about the same thickness as the conduit clamp).
I cut the strap about 5" long and bent it into a U - 2"x1"x2" using a vice and a hammer. I smoothed the edges with a file.
I drilled thru both sides of the U with a drill just barely larger than the screw that came with the IFly suction mount. I also drilled a ¼” hole in the bottom of the U for attaching to the conduit clamp. I used a 1/4"x 1/2" bolt and lock-nut to attach the U bracket to the conduit clamp.
Then I spent about 20 minutes making one of the round holes (in the side of the U) – into a square hole so the carriage bolt that came with the IFly would be held in place when screwing down the wing nut.
A quick coat of Rustoleum and the mount was done. It has full adjust-ability and allows me to see all the instruments for IFR flight.
The total cost was less than $5. Took about an hours worth of effort.
Gary
