PITOT-STATIC : Pitot Tube AOA Installation

I purchased the Dynon heated Pitot and AOA tube figuring this is easier than installing both a pitot and AOA probe. I had some concern for the proprietary nature of the Dynon tube but I learned at Oshkosh this year that both the Dynon Skyview and the Garmin G3X will work with the Dynon tube. Those are my primary avionics considerations, so I am covered here.

I ordered the SafeAir pitot mast from Wicks. This is technically the version design for the RV's with a slight joggle to fit the spar overlap. For my purposes, I cut the joggle off and worked with the remaining base plate. In the Glastar the pioto mast plate mounts to the skin and one of the span-wise skin stiffeners just outboard of Rib 2. I used the provided template and cut carefully though the lower left skin to allow the mast to pass through.

I followed the Glastar pitot mounting plate fabrication instructions to crete the skin doubler to which the SafeAir pitot mast attaches. I then mounted the SafeAir mast with it's integrated baseplate to the custom cut doubler. The doubler hides under the span-wise stiffener and is drilled through the outside skin. This is now extra rigid. Six AD4 rivets will hold it all together, plus the 5 rivets through the span-wise stiffeners.

Finally, I painted the pitot mast from its blue anodized finish (which was very nice, BTW) to a metal finish with rattle can spray paint.