I continued with the nutplates for the bellcrank rib angle. I set these rivets with the pneumatic squeezer. I then decided to back-rivet the bellcrank ribs to the skins before attaching the rib angles. I then riveted the angles to… Read More »More Tailcone Riveting
I went ahead and drilled the #12 hole in the elevator bell crank for the Garmin pitch servo before riveting the parts together. This allowed me to deburr the holes between the two halves before riveting. I clecoed the parts… Read More »Elevator Bell Crank Riveting
I will be installing a Garmin G3X 3-axis autopilot (pitch+roll+yaw). The pitch and yaw servos attach to the bellcrank mount so I prepped these prior to disassembling the tailcone. It is possible to modify the cheaper Vans yaw servo bracket… Read More »Garmin Pitch and Yaw Servo Brackets