Yup...I am missing an access hole - the lower one of the right rear of the
fuselage. My manual from 2003 doesn't have it but I looked on line and
there it is. This will obviously make it possible to fit the plate to the
torque tube. Thanks everyone.
Anyone got any experience of retrofitting an access panel??
Will
William Daniell
LONGPORT
+57 310 295 0744
On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 8:29 AM, William Daniell <wdaniell.longport@gmail.co
m
> wrote:
> Ok...everyone seems either cleverer or more agile =F0=9F=98=90
> How on earth do you bolt said bracket to the tail torque tube bracket....
i
> mean i can see where the bracket is located and how it's made i just don'
t
> see physically how to get at it to mount it.
> I only have one inspction hole - the one on the upper fuse in front of th
e
> tail....am i missing a hole? (so to speak)
> Will
> On Nov 2, 2015 8:06 AM, "daseitz" <daseitz@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> I built a fiberglass mount over the rudder cables behind the
>> counterbalance guides with a short pushrod to a longer arm bolted to th
e
>> tailplane arm just under the existing pushrod.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my LG Mobile
>>
>> ------ Original message ------
>> *From: *William Daniell
>> *Date: *11/1/2015 5:59 PM
>> *To: *europa-list@matronics.com;
>> *Subject:*Europa-List: Autopilot Servos
>>
>> I am fiddling around trying to work out where to put the Dynon autopilot
>> servos.
>>
>> I definitely don't want to get into the major surgery of the official mo
d.
>>
>> Someone - sorry i forget who sent me a very pretty installation in the
>> rear fuselage just behind the baggage bay.
>>
>> Unfortunately I have rather a lot of stuff just in that location...fuel
>> lines and wires etc.
>>
>> I was just about to reinforce the rear fuselage and built a bridge over
>> the rudder cable and then connect teh servo to the torque tube with ah
>> bracket when I thought Id just ask the assembled wisdom. My feeling was
>> the the fuselage floor is kinda weak and the torque tube also quite thin
>> walled...which made me think about lateral loads on the torque tube.
>>
>> Is there a downside to putting the servos in the cabin linked to the
>> joint at the base of the joystick?
>>
>> I have a lot of space under my legs . I built a reclined seat in order o
>> fit my 6'4" under the door. Apart from the obvious issue of stepping on
>> them which I would guess that one can deal with by putting them in a box
is
>> there a downside to this? Do the servos need cooling for example?
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Will
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> William Daniell
>> LONGPORT
>> +57 310 295 0744
>>
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