Thanks Bob,
I found a suitable way to mount the transducer. Mine travels like a
dial hand on a clock with the pivot point being the transducer. The
transducer itself is round so I mounted it with a 1 1/2 inch hose clamp
that I connected to a 2 inch square of scrap firewall-wall material.
This I floxed onto the floor under the flap arm. The dial or arm coming
---From the transducer comes up about 6 inches and lays into a slot I made
of a piece of aluminum that is clamped to the flap arm. After several
attempts to get it to align with indicator markings of 10 20 & 30
degrees it works perfect. I just didn't want that awful looking sticker
on my wing. Nor did I want to paint lines there. The indicator and
transducer are in my opinion very over priced but it looks a lot
better. Thanks very much for your response.
Best Regards,
Jeff
A258
Finding more & more & more things to do before paint.
On Jan 4, 2005, at 3:09 AM, R.C.Harrison wrote:
> <ptag.dev@tiscali.co.uk>
>
> Hi! Jeff
> As I said I'm not sure about the UMA Transducer to which you refer but
> the unit I used was the Pos-12 position sender unit supplied by The Ray
> Allen Company. It has an operating travel length of 30mm (1.19"). I
> found the best solution to provide use of this full range was a point
> in
> space about 3/16" forward of the Flap Operating Arm (in my case the
> port
> with the flaps in down position) about 1/14" above the fuselage floor.
> I
> then bolted on to the arm a piece of flat aluminum suitably drilled for
> a slender push rod to operate the sender unit positioned about 9"
> behind
> the flap drive slot.
> The Arc of the drive arm in this arrangement equates to approx. 30mm in
> a straight line for the Unit and the bolt on item and hole stay above
> the floor.
> Since the unit is situated behind and above the flap drive slot I have
> shielded it from weather by a passing the link through a "boot" of a
> polythene bag completely enclosing the unit and sealed to the push rod.
>
> I meanwhile guess that you know about the position visual markings
> suggested by Europa for P1 to see on the upper surface of the port flap
> relative to the wing surface?
>
> Regards
> Bob Harrison G-PTAG Europa MKI/Jabiru 3300
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of JEFF
> ROBERTS
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Europa-List: Flap Indicator
>
>
> Hello Everyone & Happy New Year,
> I am in the process of trying to install a UMA transducer to feed their
> indicator gauge thats mounts on the panel. I haven't been able to come
> up with a way and a place that I can get the travel the thing needs.
> Has anyone used this unit successfully, and if so where did you mount
> it?
>
> Thanks, in advance,
> Jeff
> A258
> One of the many things needed before the top goes on. Too late for me.
>
>
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