Installed pitot tube
EAA 1440 meeting last night. I was elected VP for another year.
Back to the task of getting the wings finished up. I mounted the little circuit board for the pitot tube to one of the wing ribs. This would have been much easier a few weeks ago before the bottom skins were riveted. I bent the very end of the copper tubing from the pitot toward the wing root. I was still able to get the pitot tube in and out through the mast, but the bend made the transition to the plastic tubing easier. One a tip from DanC I used some silicone tubing from Spruce to connect the copper to the plastic. Seems like a very tight connection even without any clamps.
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I used an adle clamp to hold the plastic tubing away from the bellcrank.