[LeelandS]

In the pre-2010 years, 1126 had a big driver station: a long sheet of diamond plate, on which sat the sensitive electronics, with a plate of some transparent material (I'm almost positive it was lexan, but it was a while ago and I was never really involved in that stuff. On that sat the controllers and everything else.

Well, after several generations of operators (who were charged with carrying that monstrosity and setting it up) hating it, we upgraded. In 2010, our driver station consists of three sheets of lexan hinged together, so it can be folded up. We had a strap connected both ends, so the operator can carry it on his/her shoulder. The joysticks were velcroed(?) to the end panels, with the center panel having sort of a "pedestal", on which sat the classmate with velcro to secure it, and underneath were all the connectors.

2011 brought yet another iteration: affectionately known as the "Box of Wonder". Because we made the jump to PS2 controllers this year, but didn't need as much space. Our drive station consisted of a box with a flip-out lid held shut by a caraveener when not in use. The box had strips of velcro inside of it to hold the controllers when not in use, as well are large strips to hold the Classmate. Again, we had a shoulder strap for ease of carrying. We've been very happy with this iteration.

That's pretty much our drive station history for the last few years.

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask if you need to know anything else!
-Leeland