Autopilot Servos

Posted by

I fitted the Aileron AP servo today. Should have been a quick job. But no, was a really long job…The bracket for the servo was not factory fitted (as it should have been in QB), no matter, spent a long time getting the bracket fitted. Need to get 4 off M4 nyloc nuts fitted where you cant see under the spar and in a very narrow gap. Quite hard going inside the cockpit for several hours on this one.

Then the AN3 bolts to hold the servo in place very hard to get to. All done in the end but a very slow progress day.

The following day fitted the elevator servo. Again a tricky job. The last AN3 bolt was very hard to tighten, had to try all sorts of combinations of my 1/4 socket extensions and adaptors in order to get a socket that fit the depth available and the small space.

Found that the elevator control stop under the console and the AP overrun ring do not align even after changing control rod length. After communication with the factory, the fix is to remove some (10 mm in my case) of the Garmin control stop ring and rotate the stop ring one screw to the right.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *