Pitot Mount Redo and Aileron Actuation First Steps

I was pretty uncomfortable with what I saw from the work behind the pitot mount last night…

That there is a pretty mangled mount… So I decided to order a new one today which surprisingly is arriving tomorrow. This whole pitot system has been a nightmare but luckily I’ve got it worked out how I want to get this done so round two will be much better and more secure and properly riveted as well. Here is what the mount looked like when I removed it today…. Glad I changed my mind to remove it and redo….

That is horrendous… Some of the rivets are set properly but those top four were absolutely horrible. Some were folded over, one was mauled to pieces because the brace was too close to the hole and the other was way overset because it was too short of a rivet. Luckily I have it measured out and I know what I need to change this go around. The bracket needs to move up to cover those top two holes which will now go through the bracket for added support. I am going to drill another hole to mount the bracket to the rib as well so that way I have four rivets instead of two holding it to the main structure of the wing. I hope to get pictures of it tomorrow after installing it properly.

With that nightmare and embarrassment behind me, I went ahead and used my time to get the actuation section started. Pretty straight forward. Cutting these main tubes to length and installing the threaded ends into them. Takes time but pretty easy more or less.