March 7 2021
A large part of my time this month was spent fabricating the Silicone seal baffle around the top of the engine. I set up a system of sliding wooden pieces to identify the height from metal baffle to inside surface of the cowling. Then I was able to determine the width of silicone to use. The standard 3 inch stuff worked out to fit well. I decided I wanted all silicone to be removable and so installed on #6 nuts and bolts with a aluminum back plate. This also allowed me to use pieces with fewer separations as I did not have to account for each separation in the aluminum baffling material below the silicone.
I began building a two brackets for the autopilot servos, the roll unit going under the passenger seat and the pitch servo insider the center console. A lot of test fitting was required and the aileron and elevator push pull tubes were disconnected and reconnected many times to find the right fit.
The position of the A-pilot units ended up to be too close to the ADAHRS unit with a magnetometer inside it so I made a new bracket for the ADAHRS and positioned it in the rear just behind the baggage compartment.
