On chair mounts
Arms spread wide like a chicken, and the second you need the keyboard you're leaning over a stick.
For desk pilots with a HOTAS
A cockpit that fits on the desk you already have.
Your stick and throttle slide front and center when you fly, and back to the sides when you don't.
$299$399on Kickstarter
Reserve yours for $25.
It comes off your $299 pledge, and all four desk extras ship free. Refunded if you change your mind before launch.
Or join the free list and get the desk mat:
You're on the list, and the desk mat is yours.
It ships free with your unit when you back it on Kickstarter. We'll email you the minute it goes live.
Optional · Founder Pack
Add the other three desk extras for $25.
Reserve your unit now: the $25 comes off your $299 pledge, and the XL mouse mat (275 × 750 mm), the wrist rest and the cable organisers ship free next to your desk mat (a $40 add-on for everyone else). Changed your mind? Tell us before the campaign goes live and we refund you.
One more tap: follow the project on Kickstarter, so Kickstarter itself pings you at launch too.
Follow on KickstarterWill it hold my stick and fit my desk?
The surface is steel and every controller sits on shielded magnetic feet (8 in the box). The base is 750 mm wide, each side wing adds 250 to 275 mm, and the whole board weighs about 9 kg. Tested with Logitech, Winwing and Thrustmaster HOTAS, and with Logitech wheels and shifters.
Prototype · real desk
The desk you have now
Right now your HOTAS has two bad places to live.
On the desk
The stick takes the front, so the keyboard and mouse end up at arm's length for every other game.
Or a sim cockpit
A second piece of furniture in your room, for the hours you fly. The rest of the week it just sits there.
Protean Space keeps everything on the desk you already have, and moves it.
How it works
Desk to cockpit in three slides.
Grab the lever and try it. These are frames from the real prototype.
Start
Desk mode: keyboard and mouse up front.
Stick and throttle wait on the sides, out of your elbows' way. Type, browse, play your shooters.
- Slide, don't unscrewEach controller rides on its own section of the platform. No clamps to undo when you switch.
- Magnetic feet, steel top8 shielded magnetic feet in the box hold each controller where you put it.
- Cables handledCable organizers come in the desk pack, so the wiring doesn't fight you every time you change mode.
- Built for a real desk750 mm base plus two side wings, about 9 kg of steel that stays put while you fly.
Real time · no cuts
It exists
This is the working prototype, filmed in real time.
Protean Space comes from Courtney Male, the inventor behind Elitech: a dad, a PC gamer, and the person who'll answer you on Kickstarter. Patent pending.
“Why didn't anyone think of this before?”
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Made for
The games where you need the stick and the keyboard.
In Elitech's 2024 player survey, 7 in 10 of the people interested flew sims, and most of them play games that mix a HOTAS with mouse and keyboard.
Star CitizenElite DangerousDCS WorldIL-2 SturmovikWardogsDriving sims
Launch pricing
One Kickstarter price, and the desk mat free for the list.
Everyone pays $299 instead of $399. Join the email list and the desk mat ships free with your unit. The list also gets the email the minute it opens.
Founder Pack · list only
$25 now
comes off the $299, all four desk extras free
Email list · free
$299
25% off + desk mat free
Everyone else
$299
25% off
Retail price after Kickstarter: $399.
For the list only
The Founder Pack: four desk extras for $25.
After you join, you can reserve your unit for $25. The $25 comes off your $299 pledge, and you get the protective desk mat, the XL mouse mat (275 × 750 mm), the wrist rest and the cable organisers free, shipped with your Protean Space. Change your mind before launch and we refund you.
Join the listQuestions
Before you sign up
When does it launch?
We're picking the date now, away from Black Friday and the Christmas rush. The list hears it first. You can also follow the project on Kickstarter to get its launch alert.
How do I get the free desk mat?
Join the email list, then back Protean Space on Kickstarter. The protective desk mat ships free in the same box as your unit.
Am I paying anything now?
No. The email list is free. The $25 Founder Pack is optional: you choose it after you join, it comes off your $299 pledge, and we refund it if you change your mind before launch.
Which controllers does it fit?
We tested it with Logitech, Winwing and Thrustmaster HOTAS, and with Logitech wheels and gear shifters. Any stick or throttle with a similar base will fit.
How big is it?
The base is 750 mm wide. The two side wings add 250 or 275 mm each, depending on how you turn them. The whole board weighs about 9 kg with nothing on it.
When does it ship?
We plan to ship in early 2027. Founder Pack and early-bird gifts ship in the same box.
Why Kickstarter?
The prototype works. Kickstarter pays for the production tooling, and backers get the lowest price in exchange for backing it first.
Join the list and the desk mat is yours.
$299 instead of $399 on Kickstarter, and the protective desk mat ships free with your unit.
You're on the list, and the desk mat is yours.
We'll email you the minute it goes live. Want the other desk extras too? See the Founder Pack.
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