Pretty difficult to get away from ferrous materials in a Kitfox frame save mounting in the wing.
Has anyone been successful mounting in the fuselage anywhere? Any photos or good descriptions of good proven working installation locations?
Pretty difficult to get away from ferrous materials in a Kitfox frame save mounting in the wing.
Has anyone been successful mounting in the fuselage anywhere? Any photos or good descriptions of good proven working installation locations?
Mine is in the left wing tip, are you avoiding the wing for some reason?
Dorsal ~~^~~
Series 7 - Tri-Gear
912 ULS Warp Drive
Same as David’s but in the right wing.
DesertFox4
Admin.
7 Super Sport912 ULS Tri-gear
My ADHRS included the magnetometer; no problems in this location.
Jim Ott
Portland, OR
Kitfox SS7 flying
Rotax 912ULS
On my installation, I cut the ends of the square aluminum tubing so a tab could be bent down at 90 degrees, and drilled two holes in it so it could be bolted to two adel clamps. I leveled things up before drilling; with one hole slightly oversize it gave some final adjustment before clamping it up.
Jim Ott
Portland, OR
Kitfox SS7 flying
Rotax 912ULS
Its a retro-fit to a flying vfr aircraft with no nav lights, and non-removable wing tips, so was hoping to avoid wing mounting if nothing else pure lazieness and pragmatism for simple solution.
I wouldn't shy away from pulling some wires through the wing and cutting an access panel, however after all it is a day vfr aircraft with 2 GPS + iPad and likely 1-2 smart phones on board, it is a requirement and important to have a reasonably accurate compass on board. I just can't think where I would be relying on a compass in this particular aircraft rather than looking out the window if the satellites all fall from the sky
Does anyone have any experience with non wing mounting locations in any rag and tube aircraft?
Manual says 24inches distance away from metal that can't happen in a Kitfox fuselage has anyone tried it anyway?
Who manufactures the magnetometer you're intending to use? The reason I say this is because my research has shown that Dynon's unit seems quite resistant to stray magnetic wigglies, while Garmin and MGL are more sensitive. A friend of mine has his Dynon magnetometer behind the baggage bay of his Eurofox, which would be similar to the Kitfox. He also degaussed the aircraft before fitting it (remember to remove other compasses etc before doing this).
I will be installing the MGL SP6 in my Eurfox and, thus far, have come to the conclusion that the only location is in the wingtip. Unfortunately the Eurofox does not have removable fairings but the agent in the UK has recently cut an access panel in the wingtip, installed the magnetometer (in this case the Garmin unit) and refitted the cutout using rivnuts.
The hole and panel is really quite small compared to how it looks in the photos below and is a very neat job
Not flying yet, but I have mounted my Dynon ADHRS (which contains the magnetometer) just aft of the baggage sack as I had seen on a factory build. Scanning the fuselage with a compass had also appeared to show this area as magnetically quiet and Debra McB had sent a photo or two to me as well.
- Gary
S7 SuperSport Tri-gear
w/Rotax 912, Oratex, Dynon