[Paparazzi-devel] Mounting horizontal IR below the fuse?

[Adrian Lauf]

Hello all,

Me again, hopefully I won't be pestering all of you too much longer with inane novice questions - thanks to all those who have been a tremendous help, couldn't have done this without you. My (hopefully) final question before I get into the air is how to best mount the horizontal IR board. I am flying with a large glow-powered plane, the Hangar 9 Alpha 40. It is a high-wing design, and has a front-mounted engine. The wing itself is quite large. The engine exhausts near the top, so because of heat interference and oil spew concerns, I was considering mounting the IR board *underneath* the fuse. From a directional standpoint, there should be nothing wrong with this, correct? The tricycle gear would give *plenty* of ground clearance, as I fly with belly-mounted cameras all the time. I think this would also somewhat solve the problem of the large wingspan interfering with the field of view, were I to mount it on top. Is there anything inherently wrong with doing so, before I drill into the underside of the fuse? Also, what are people using to secure the board? It's the new IR board design, purchased from Chebuzz. Thanks!

-Adrian