Variable-Angle Sensor Module Cessna-172 Wing Strut Mount

Designed and developed a custom wing-strut mounting system for a Cessna aircraft platform featuring:

  • A fully custom CAD-designed PETG housing with integrated aerodynamic geometry

  • A quick-lock washer and nut fastening system enabling rapid setup and teardown

  • Two custom-machined aluminum rotation discs mounted on a dowel-pin pivot and axially constrained using precision dowel caps

  • A spring-plunger indexing mechanism providing tool-free 15° rotational adjustment increments from -90° to 90°

  • Reinforced dual aluminum support structures to improve rotational assembly rigidity and overall structural integrity

  • Full compatibility with the VINS Sensor Module

The mounting system contributed to multiple successful flight tests of Inertial Labs devices, generated reliable test data, and helped determine optimal sensor-module orientation during airborne operation.

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