Adding PaperFlipbookComponent to SceneComponent

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So, I’m adding a UPaperFlipbookComponent to a SceneComponent.

The goal here is that the SceneComponent will be a changeable limb on a character. These limbs will have their own logic, and do a variety of things, so I wanted to just keep the Flipbook as a part of the Component.

I’m adding the SceneComponent to a Character like so:

AEVOSpriteCharacter::AEVOSpriteCharacter(const FObjectInitializer& ObjectInitializer)
	: Super(ObjectInitializer.DoNotCreateDefaultSubobject(ACharacter::MeshComponentName))
{
	// Set this character to call Tick() every frame.  You can turn this off to improve performance if you don't need it.
	PrimaryActorTick.bCanEverTick = true;

	// Try to create the sprite component
	Body = ObjectInitializer.CreateDefaultSubobject<UEVOBodyPartsComponent>(this, AEVOSpriteCharacter::BodyComponentName);
	if (Body)
	{
		Body->SetupAttachment(GetCapsuleComponent());
		Body->SetMobility(EComponentMobility::Movable);
	}

	Head = ObjectInitializer.CreateDefaultSubobject<UEVOBodyPartsComponent>(this, AEVOSpriteCharacter::HeadComponentName);
	if (Head)
	{
		Head->SetupAttachment(GetCapsuleComponent());
		Head->SetMobility(EComponentMobility::Movable);

	}

	Legs = ObjectInitializer.CreateDefaultSubobject<UEVOBodyPartsComponent>(this, AEVOSpriteCharacter::LegsComponentName);
	if (Legs)
	{
		Legs->SetupAttachment(GetCapsuleComponent());
		Legs->SetMobility(EComponentMobility::Movable);
	}

	Arms = ObjectInitializer.CreateDefaultSubobject<UEVOBodyPartsComponent>(this, AEVOSpriteCharacter::ArmsComponentName);
	if (Arms)
	{
		Arms->SetupAttachment(GetCapsuleComponent());
		Arms->SetMobility(EComponentMobility::Movable);
	}
}

And the BodyPartsComponent.h holds a flipbookcomponent:

	UPROPERTY(Category = "BodyPartInfo", VisibleAnywhere, BlueprintReadOnly, meta = (AllowPrivateAccess = "true"))
	class UPaperFlipbookComponent* BodyPart;

And initializes its FlipbookComponent like this:

// Sets default values for this component's properties
UEVOBodyPartsComponent::UEVOBodyPartsComponent(const FObjectInitializer& ObjectInitializer) :
	Super(ObjectInitializer)
{
	// Set this component to be initialized when the game starts, and to be ticked every frame.  You can turn these features
	// off to improve performance if you don't need them.
	bWantsBeginPlay = true;
	PrimaryComponentTick.bCanEverTick = true;

	ComponentName = TEXT("BodyPart00");
	BodyPart = ObjectInitializer.CreateOptionalDefaultSubobject<UPaperFlipbookComponent>(this, ComponentName);
	if (BodyPart)
	{
		BodyPart->AlwaysLoadOnClient = true;
		BodyPart->AlwaysLoadOnServer = true;
		BodyPart->bOwnerNoSee = false;
		BodyPart->bAffectDynamicIndirectLighting = true;
		BodyPart->PrimaryComponentTick.TickGroup = TG_PrePhysics;
		BodyPart->SetupAttachment(this);
		static FName CollisionProfileName(TEXT("IgnoreOnlyPawn"));
		BodyPart->SetCollisionProfileName(CollisionProfileName);
		BodyPart->bGenerateOverlapEvents = false;

	}

	// ...
}

The problem is that when I try to run code on the FlipbookComponent, it shows up as a NULL object. Am I forgetting something simple? Do FlipbookComponents not work when added to a SceneComponent?