View attachment 13113That's it with 31".
I've been working on my rear float fittings...tempered by a fair amount of bear hunting...and while sitting in the solitude of the Idaho mountains it came to me that maybe there was another way to run the float rudders instead of using the standard cables. Has anyone used servos to control rudder movements?? I'm thinking it would be pretty easy to put bell cranks operated by servos inside the float to turn, raise and lower the rudder and simply run wires thru the float and up to the cockpit and a simple joy stick.
Has anyone done this or is there something I'm missing here on why it wouldn't work?
Are you planning to attach the cross wire to the strut fitting? Or, what is your plan for the cross wire attachment? You do not have a visible attach point for the cross wires.View attachment 13187
Rear float fittings are done and I made them pretty stout and did some additional beefing (made from 0.100" CM) at that cluster so it should handle most things I can throw at it. I'm thinking it may prove to be a good place to attach a step on the right side also but I'm not sure I need the extra drag....we'll see.
..Still wondering how to transition from the fabric to aluminum on the rear of the fuselage. Any ideas?
... and would be make a more secure way of tucking the panel under, then nut plates on the aluminum to secure it in place.