Friday, December 30, 2022

Autopilot Brackets

I'm trying to find random things I can accomplish while I'm waiting for my back ordered primer.  I installed the Dynon pitch servo bracket on the elevator bellcrank rib.  Ignore the lovely primer scribbles on the vertical rib - I had to cover up a bunch of scratches to the Rustoleum primer where I looked at it funny.  Hence the reason I'm not a huge fan of the spray can primer.


The roll servo gets installed in the right wing.  Most of the original brackets say in place, but Dynon adds in a few pieces to accommodate the servo.  Here's the original setup:


I replaced the bottom bracket, as well as added a diagonal rear bracket arm (hard to see in the picture, but it's by the arrow) that will support the servo itself.  To allow the servo to connect to the bellcrank, a spacer and plate is added to the bellcrank.  This will eventually get a pushrod that connects the two.  For now, this is all that I'll put together though.  I'll buy the servos when I'm ready to start doing a lot of the wiring in the plane.