The mirror motor was still working well. I the screw inside it that moves the control rod, is metal and the part that turns around the outside of the screw, is plastic. They are like plastic fingers that are designed to slip when they reach the end. Hold down the button on your cars' mirror and see how it jumps when it gets to the end. That is wear and has concerned me from the beginning, about how well it would hold up under the pressure of the air flowing over the tab.
I was beginning to suspect that those fingers were beginning to fail, so decided that while I was spending money on the autopilot, I might as well come up with the extra $150 or so for the Ray Allen. It is nice that it works with the Dynon EMS to show the deflection, although I never pay any attention to that during flight. And, now with the AP telling me when it needs help on the trim, it is a no brainer. Even the mirror motor would have worked just fine under that scenario. You just need to decide if you are willing to replace it down the road. You could get as much as 200 hrs on it, or maybe even more. Don't count it out if you don't have a problem with replacing it later. Dan On Monday, December 10, 2012 6:29 AM, Pat and Robin Russo <[email protected]> wrote: ============= Dan Wow, that message was just in time. I scheduled today for a salvage yard visit for a mirror motor trim servo. You have had yours installed for several years so I gather that it has not always worked well for you??? I have used the Ray Allen on other craft but thought, this time, that I could save 200 bucks going your old route. Any comments? Pat Russo So, now to put the "Magic Carpet" into action, I recently gave the Black Bird a couple of little presents. One was to replace the experiment of the mirror motor trim servo with a Ray Allen and the other was a Dynon _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
