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Re: Europa-List: Autopilot Installation

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Autopilot Installation
From: Carl Pattinson <carl@flyers.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:09:24

We fitted ours to the bottom of the control stick (attached to the bolt that 
goes thru the bottom yoke). The drive box sits below the pilots right thigh 
with a plywood cover over it. No drilling or riveting required for this mod 
and the servo motor is easily accessible for any adjustments.

Carl pattinson
G-LABS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Moore, Dave" <Dave.Moore@lr.org>
Subject: Europa-List: Autopilot Installation


>
> Folks,
>
> I want to install a Navaid-type wing leveller (Trio EZ Pilot) into my
> completed, but not yet installed, cockpit module.
>
> Has anyone got a design for attaching a drive arm to an aileron torque
> tube, which is already bonded into the cockpit module?
>
> Cutting a CS03 bush in half (so that it forms a saddle), riveting a
> drive arm to it and then riveting the assembly to the torque tube, has
> been suggested and appears sensible.  However, it would challenge my
> limited skills to drill the torque tube and get a pop riveter accurately
> to the location.
>
> Is there a clamping arrangement, preferably 'PFA-approved',  that I
> could put on to the torque tube.??
>
> For example, could I 'simply' use half a CS03 bush and a couple of hose
> clamps.  (That's what RV folk have used for attachment to aileron push
> rods, but that may not be wise for a rotational force..??)
>
> With thanks,
>
> Dave Moore
>
> Monowheel #550
> Aberdeen, UK
>
>
> 




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