There are several problems regarding how to mount the housing and run the wire? Do I mount the housing before covering or after? If before, the housing will create an issue when covering because of the irregular shape. If after, mounting the housing will be harder as will routing the wire.
After much deliberation, I decided to mount the housing before covering. Before mounting the housing, I wanted to design and fabricate some fabric plates to go around the housing. These plates will greatly help in attaching the fabric around the housing. So, I starting laying out and cutting some aluminum. I determined that I couldn't just have two plates, one on each side. I would need four plates, two on each side. This is necessary so the fabric will lay flush with the rudder assembly.
Once the four plates were cut out, I had to fit them to allow the wire to be routed and to clear the welds. Once I was happy with the fitment I Hysol'd them in place.
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| With cutout on bottom plates for wire pass through. |
