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

[Maik Höpfel]

Hello Adrian,

we flew a small Graupner Elektro Trainer S like this, worked just as well.

Regards,
Maik

2009/11/2 Adrian Lauf <address@hidden>:
> 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
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