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Looking for blue aluminum pitot mast install pics
- Thread starter dsmithlib
- Start date
Not much to it. Cut a hole in the skin with template. The forward flange of mast overlaps the spar flange - it ties in to three rivets that are common to the spar and wing skin. The rear part of mast is riveted directly to wing skin.
This is on RV-10.
Draker
Well Known Member
Not sure if this is the mast you're talking about but here's how I installed it onto my (not yet flying) 7A. I think no particular location is particularly correct, this is just what I chose. Choose what you think is most appropriate for your airplane. I decided on the wing bay immediately outboard of the outboard-most access hole:
I attached it to the spar and reinforced it with a small angle piece against the adjacent rib, and obviously re-did the unsatisfactory middle rivet:
For the pitot and AOA lines, I did what a lot of other builders did: built small brackets to route the lines safely under the bell crank:
I attached it to the spar and reinforced it with a small angle piece against the adjacent rib, and obviously re-did the unsatisfactory middle rivet:
For the pitot and AOA lines, I did what a lot of other builders did: built small brackets to route the lines safely under the bell crank:
