Flying Scotsman
Well Known Member
Well, the empennage is completed except for one more leading edge bending (rudder...waiting for a second set of hands to help out, expect to complete it this weekend and put everything together! Woohoo!)...and the wing kit is scheduled to ship next week if Van's holds to their original scheduled date. Can't wait!
But that brings me to the first question we've been pondering re: wings. I intend to put an autopilot in this plane, since I expect to use it for IFR flight. Thus, I need some suggestions on where to mount servos. Our thoughts are to build a kind of "adapter plate" that mounts on the wing spar next to the bellcrank, but I know some people have mounted servos in the fuselage. Any ideas/suggestions/comments, especially since we're planning on choosing/installing avionics as late as possible (and hence, have no specific autopilot picked out yet)?
Thanks for any help...
Steve
But that brings me to the first question we've been pondering re: wings. I intend to put an autopilot in this plane, since I expect to use it for IFR flight. Thus, I need some suggestions on where to mount servos. Our thoughts are to build a kind of "adapter plate" that mounts on the wing spar next to the bellcrank, but I know some people have mounted servos in the fuselage. Any ideas/suggestions/comments, especially since we're planning on choosing/installing avionics as late as possible (and hence, have no specific autopilot picked out yet)?
Thanks for any help...
Steve