Brief Description: Fabricated bracket for Dynon remote compasses.
After reading alot on the forums about where to mount the remote compasses, I decided to mount them in the tailcone behind the baggage area just in front and at the top of the 708 bulkhead between two stringers. The tailcone rises from tail to nose at 7 degrees while my Dynon 180 and 100 EFIS's tilt nose down in the panel at about 7.5 degrees. This was all determined by leveling the fuselage within about 0.3 degrees in pitch and roll. I used a digital level and that was as good as I could do. This all means that the bracket had to have a 14.5 degree down tilt when attatched to the tailcone stringers. I whipped out some graph paper and started drawing and a couple hours later came up with the proper shape (I hoped)!
I had some 0.063 aluminum skin that I cut to the measurements that I had determined. I found that it was hard to bend to the correct radius but I persevered with help of my 5" vise and rubber mallet. I finally had a good stiff formed bracket that could be mounted with four #8 SS screws to the stringers. I climbed into the tailcone and located the holes in the bracket and stringers using a 90 degree air drill. I then clecoed the bracket to check the nose down angle and low and behold it was right on at 7.5 degrees. The Dynon remote compasses must be within 1 degee of the same pitch and roll of the EFIS mounted in the panel. I can't believe the drawing was accurate and that I didn't forget some detail!! Tomorrow I'll attach the compasses stacked togeter to the bracket with brass machine screws and attach it to the stringers.
