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dav1111(at)erfwireless.ne
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:52 am Post subject: magnetometer location

I would recommend that you put the magnetometer in the  wingtip.  Make a 90 degree bracket and rivet the bracket to the outboard  rib.  In stall one pop rivet in either the front or back of the  bracket so that you can rotate the bracket on one end up or down to get the  bracket leveled with the in flight position of the wing.  Check the bottom  of the cabin door with a level and then just level the bracket to the same  bubble or degree as the bottom of the cabin door and then put in the rest  of the mounting rivets and bolt on the magnetometer (non steel  bolts).

  

 Russ Daves

 N710RV - 190+ hours 

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tomhanaway

Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Posts: 111
Location: Murphy, NC

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:51 am Post subject: Re: magnetometer location

Russ,

Have you had any issues with proximity of wingtip strobes to magnetometer in this installation?

Thanks,

tom

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Tim Olson

Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 2879

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:18 am Post subject: magnetometer location

I'd agree with Russ.  There are a couple good locations for

magnetometers, and I'd recommend those instead of in the cabin.

A good magnetometer is very sensitive, and it wouldn't take

much in the way of portable electronic gadgets, and

passenger wearables to throw some nasty heading effects into

the equation.  Even more important than using non-magnetic

screws, and things like that, is that you want it to be a

fairly magnetically constant area, where there aren't lots of

variables happening, because the constants you can somewhat

calibrate for.  The variability brought into the equation

by passengers and cabin items would be almost impossible

to predict.



Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying

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Russell Daves wrote:

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		   I would recommend that you put the magnetometer in the wingtip.  Make a 

 90 degree bracket and rivet the bracket to the outboard rib.  In stall 

 one pop rivet in either the front or back of the bracket so that you can 

 rotate the bracket on one end up or down to get the bracket leveled with 

 the in flight position of the wing.  Check the bottom of the cabin door 

 with a level and then just level the bracket to the same bubble or 

 degree as the bottom of the cabin door and then put in the rest of the 

 mounting rivets and bolt on the magnetometer (non steel bolts).

  

 Russ Daves

 N710RV - 190+ hours

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indigoonlatigo(at)msn.com
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:59 am Post subject: magnetometer location

I've never seen the inside of magnetometer, but is the the fact that there might be a lot of vibration at the end of the wing any concern for longevity of the unit. Should it be mounted on foam pads?

  

 JOhn 409



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 Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 04:51:04 -0800

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 Russ,

 Have you had any issues with proximity of wingtip strobes to magnetometer in this installation?

 Thanks,

 tom

 

 

 

 

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dav1111(at)erfwireless.ne
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:15 am Post subject: magnetometer location

No problem.

  

 Russ

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