Lights
The use of lights at an aerodrome is covered under CASA CAR 196 [3] and by this builders reading the rear light is required and a red beacon optional. Both were incorporated as this aircraft is in full camouflage and if you assume it works we need to ensure that it can been seen at any airfield.
After a search Avio Lights was settled on based on the weight of 40 grams..!
Rudder Installation
The decision was made to add a additional faring to the rudder lower fibreglass faring. A profile was designed on the CAD system and the STP file sent to China and in a week a pair of ABS plastic faring.
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| Faring |
The new faring were installed using epoxy and a series of 5/32 pop rivets to secure the pair while drying and for long term security. The finished area was tidied up using blade putty and sanded.
The controller was mounted on a aluminium bracket riveted to both sides with 3.2 mm countersunk pop rivets.
A connection is located inside the fuselage so a maintenance loop is included for that task.
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| Ready to install Faring was fixed with button head M3 S/S screws to allowing servicing |
Fin Installation
A red beacon from Avio Lights was fitted to the top faring of the rudder stab.
A no faring could be found so a profile was designed on the CAD system and a STP file sent to China and in a week a pair of ABS plastic faring. Its installation required a lot of filling and sanding to install further complicated by the need to square up the faring covered in Part 3.
Note: A spare one became the faring for the Trim Tab - Part 5
To secure the light M3 rivet nuts were coated with Loctite Black Max ACC and installed at the rear and lightly expanded to prevent pull out.
The controller was incorporated into the top rib of the stab with a maintenance loop.
The faring is fixed using M3 button head screws.
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| Underside fairing |
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| Controller installation fin |
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