Pitot/Static tube mounting question
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 11:42 pm
Did anyone here use the Aircraft Spruce pitot/static tube? If so what did you do to mount it?
I bought their pitot static tube and am currently making the mounting plate and brackets. To do so with the spruce version I am getting creative. Just curious how others solved this...
Specifically, the mount for the Aircraft Spruce pitot tube has a circular base with four countersunk holes. They fit right where the brackets that retain the static and pitot tubes on the inside of the wing skin will mount on the plate. I can use rivets there I suppose, since screws make no sense to me.
I can see a couple of possible solutions. One that makes the most sense is to countersink the holes for the attachment brackets and use flush rivets. That way the base of the pitot static tube will fit flat against the mounting plate.
If that made sense, maybe someone who's been there and done this can chime in....
I took photos at Crossville of everything on other airplanes that I thought I would be doing this winter on my wings...except this, of course.
Robbie
Sonex 1517
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I bought their pitot static tube and am currently making the mounting plate and brackets. To do so with the spruce version I am getting creative. Just curious how others solved this...
Specifically, the mount for the Aircraft Spruce pitot tube has a circular base with four countersunk holes. They fit right where the brackets that retain the static and pitot tubes on the inside of the wing skin will mount on the plate. I can use rivets there I suppose, since screws make no sense to me.
I can see a couple of possible solutions. One that makes the most sense is to countersink the holes for the attachment brackets and use flush rivets. That way the base of the pitot static tube will fit flat against the mounting plate.
If that made sense, maybe someone who's been there and done this can chime in....
I took photos at Crossville of everything on other airplanes that I thought I would be doing this winter on my wings...except this, of course.
Robbie
Sonex 1517
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD