Project: bbellamy     -     Entry

Oct 08, 2023 4.9 Antennas, Pitch Servo, Firewall Penetrations Category: Fuselage
Checked the fit of the Garmin Pitch servo on the Dynon bracket. I was hoping it would be close enough to a bolt in, but it isn't. I need to talk to someone to help me decide if I need to drill out the old bracket and install the new one. The Garmin bracket will be located about an inch forward, be 0.060" thick instead of 0.050" thick, have a larger cut out so the servo mounts on the other side of the bracket, and has more rivets securing it to a rib.

Measured and marked up the transponder antenna mounting location to consider two options for converting it to a COM antenna mount. The transponder antenna mount is on the aft fuselage because I had planned to use a remote Dynon transponder. With the Garmin GNX375 GPS Nav/Transponder in the panel, I need to move the transponder antenna closer to the panel. I plan to use the old transponder location for the COM antenna. I also identified a few possible locations to install the transponder antenna. The locations look reasonable based on information I found in old Comat Literature and on vansairforce. I need to talk to someone.

I fabricated a doubler for the fuel line firewall bulkhead fitting. Then I realized it conflicts with the mounting of the starter contactor. I looked through drawings and on vansairforce and decided to remake the double and extend it so the starter contactor is supported completely instead of only halfway.


NOTE: This information is strictly used for the EAA Builders Log project within the EAA organization.     -     Policy     -     © Copyright 2024 Brevard Web Pro, Inc.