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    Default Dynon D180

    I'm installing a Dynon D180 in my project plane. I'm using the Dynon AOA pitot tube.

    Has anyone else used this tube? How did you mount it? Photos?
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    Default Re: Dynon D180

    This is the fourth attempt to reply to your post and I keep getting blown out by Firefox. Don't understand what's going on.

    Going to try and just send some pictures if the system will cooperate.

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    Some more pics.
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    Default Re: Dynon D180

    Finished product pics.
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    Default Re: Dynon D180

    Did you use a "mast" like this?

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    Default Re: Dynon D180

    Yes I did. I mounted the flat plate of the mast to the surface of the underside of the wing. See attached pics of finished product.

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    Default Re: Dynon D180

    Thanks for the info and photos, John. It is a great help.

    Now to decide if I want to fab my own or order the $100 mast from spruce...

    Did you chrome plate or polish yours?
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    Default Re: Dynon D180

    I used the Dynon AOA pitot tube and bought my mast from Safeair. It is anodized aluminum and looks very much like the one from ACS, but I believe less expensive. I painted mine to match wing. I mounted my mast flange plate to the inside of the plywood surface. I put nutplates on the flange and the screws come up from the bottom surface of the wing. Not sure why I did it this way, maybe just for a little cleaner look.
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    Default Re: Dynon D180

    Quote Originally Posted by Av8r3400 View Post
    Thanks for the info and photos, John. It is a great help.

    Now to decide if I want to fab my own or order the $100 mast from spruce...

    Did you chrome plate or polish yours?
    Actually I ordered it that way (chrome plated) but it wasn't from ACS. Can't remember who off the top of my head but I thought is was from the RV folks.

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    Default Re: Dynon D180

    Digging through my pile of cr--, um, stuff today I found a piece of thin walled, streamlined 4130 which is an exact fit to the pitot tube. Looks like I'm going to fab one up. I will probably make it shorter than yours, John. I'm also moving the pitot inside the end of the lift strut for protection.
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