Skybeacon Mounting Plate - square wingtip Yak 52
What could be easier than installing a Skybeacon on your Square Wingtip 52 ?
Not much.
So we made it harder.
You have to drill a hole now !
But then physical installation ( that uAvionix don't talk about) is done!
1. Remove that round plate on the wingtip. (Yep, the factory screws for this plate are in different orientations and bolt circles).
2. Joggle the tongue of the bracket in to the hole as shown and secure it with a couple of the 100 degree countersunk screws we supply,
3. Stuff the Skybeacon wires into the wing and install it using just the front two screws.
4. Mark the wingtip through the rearmost skybeacon hole using a prick punch.
5. Remove both the Skybeacon and the bracket and drill out that hole to .25"
That's it. We're done with tools.
- The trim plate (shown yellow) covers screw heads and is provided so you can color-match it to your wingtip paint scheme.
- Slip the Skybeacon wiring through the big holes in the painted trim plate and joggle bracket.
- Re-install the bracket this time using 3 or 4 countersunk screws -
- Connect the wiring per uAvionix instructions.
- Secure all 3 Skybeacon 6-32 screws - the rear one will pick up the floating nutplate.