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GRT autopilot
- Thread starter N9LR
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A have a friend who has installed the servos. Looks nice and "clean".
Has not finished upgrade to panel so no flight yet.
They are "mechanically consistent" with the Trutrack Servos so the installations look the same.
A have a friend who has installed the servos. Looks nice and "clean".
Has not finished upgrade to panel so no flight yet.
They are "mechanically consistent" with the Trutrack Servos so the installations look the same.
Servo Installation
I'm installing a GRT system now. I've mounted the pitch servo over the rails in the center of the fuse just aft of the baggage compartment. It's about where most would put a battery tray for the rear battery. I decided not to use the standard mounting hardware the GRT supplied because I would have had to replace the elevator bell crank mounts. I made a plate and riveted it to the stringers in the bottom, but first I put platenuts in to screw a 1x1 angle that holds the servo. I put a reinforcement across the forward end to stop flexing fore and aft and an L bracket to tie it all together. Very light and very strong.
The roll servo was a bolt in for me since I was replacing a TrueTrak servo that was with my old Digiflight single axis autopilot.
Pitch servo on mount
Roll servo in TruTrak mount
hope this helps a bit.
I'm installing a GRT system now. I've mounted the pitch servo over the rails in the center of the fuse just aft of the baggage compartment. It's about where most would put a battery tray for the rear battery. I decided not to use the standard mounting hardware the GRT supplied because I would have had to replace the elevator bell crank mounts. I made a plate and riveted it to the stringers in the bottom, but first I put platenuts in to screw a 1x1 angle that holds the servo. I put a reinforcement across the forward end to stop flexing fore and aft and an L bracket to tie it all together. Very light and very strong.
The roll servo was a bolt in for me since I was replacing a TrueTrak servo that was with my old Digiflight single axis autopilot.
Pitch servo on mount
Roll servo in TruTrak mount
hope this helps a bit.
