This is a odds-and-ends kind of deal, and since I was going to be doing some glasswork, I pulled it out. There’s nothing complicated here, just cut these two templates alike (stack them on top of each other so they’re identical), and micro them to the miniature wing. Then glass a couple of tabs to […]
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We’ve purchased the dual axis digital autopilot from Blue Mountain. This is a really cool system, in that it can not only hold a course and altitude, it can climb to an altitude, or at a prescribed rate, or follow a flight plan that you enter into the EFIS. This is a very interesting system, in […]
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Here is another situation where we’ve decided to stray from the manual. The factory system is a candy-cane shaped fiberglass spring system, with a linear actuator pushing against it to provide pressure relieve to control stick’s pitch inputs. This spring is reported to be of mixed effectiveness, and of sketchy reliability, so we’ve elected to […]
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A support is added between the control stick and the mid-bearing support, 2 1/2″ behind the stick on the pilot’s side of the keel. It’s attached with 2 10-32 screws. Torque Tube Support
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The first hard point we made on the Keel is this “house” shaped one on the pilot’s side for front control rod bracket. It’s 5-3/4″ at the peak with a 5″ tall by 5.5″ wide. It’s is attached on the inside of the keel with micro, with a small fillet or sand the edges (we […]
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In this section we mounted the aileron control torque tube mid-bearing support bracket on the inside of the keel, along the pre-marked line on the keel. With the rear bearing support located, we measured where the torque tube lined up inside the keel and located the 1″ hole on the support rib. We then sanded […]
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