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Gadget Mounts:
RAM Takes Top Honors

Versa-True has more positioning flexibility but RAM’s gadget cradle is superior and it costs half as much. Best value is the RAM suction mount.


Versa-True’s ball mount enjoys good flexibility because the arm ends are relieved with semi-circular cut-outs.
Sometime during the short but glorious history of general aviation gadgets, the notion that mounting some sort of accessory on the control yoke became accepted as a good idea. It wasn’t, it isn’t and it never will be. Festooning controls with wirebound junk is at best a nuisance, at worst a safety hazard in turbulence or a crash.

Still, yoke mounting is a popular place to put portable navigators so we’re struck with yoke mounts. But accessory designers have at least come up with more sensibly designed yoke mounts, so we decided to do quick sampling of the market. …


 
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