To create a cradle that will allow adjustments up and down, I used an 0.040" aluminum plate as the bottom piece and will build up from it. The end at the face intersection will be fastened to a screw and nut through the face parallel to the wing ribs. This will allow it to rotate approximately 5 degrees up and down relative to the centerline. The light must not touch the lens cover that is attached over the cutout.
The next layer of the cradle will be a 5/32" thickness of plywood glued to the plate. This will be followed by fastening a fiberglass half cylinder (fiberglass epoxied around a soup can the same diameter as the light cylinder then cut lengthwise) to the plywood. I'll then use flox and epoxy to fill in between the plywood and cylinder half for strength.
At least that's the theory. We'll see how it works!
