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Hi Ben,
even if you can't use one of Jerry's
S-beams, he should be able to weld you one of these babies (see attached
pics).
Lay them out the way you need them,
have some knowledgeable engineer math it and off you go!
Startermount included, and also check
the turbo-pack!!
Photos are from an old post on the
"other" list.
Richard Martin is "responsible" for
that beauty, working for a helicopter project...
I have pics, if you need/want them,
but these are the most "visible" ones!
I assume a CCI would do
also-sideways, though I do not really like the loadpath of the CCI.
Another alternative is the Mistral
backplate mount, but again, I don't really like the loadpath through the
engine.
My personal go is something like the
pics show - or a S-beam - the load gets picked up there and the engine is left
alone.
Keep on mind the pics show a mount
for a helicopter project, but I believe it should be possible to get it right
for plane inthe same manner, though possibly with different
dimensions.
Thomas J.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:41
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine
alignment
Dale,
Please post pictures of
your mount or send them to me directly. I am also considering plugs up on my
Acroduster Too mostly to help with inverted flight and oil, but also because a
high thrust line is preferred on the plane.
Do you see any negatives
with the installation other than not being able to use Jerry Hey's S-Beam
Mount?
Do you know if plugs up
will work with George's (down under) bell housing?
Thanks!
Ben
----- Original Message -----
Sent: 09/05/2006 12:18 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Engine
alignment
Thanks Ed,
If all it was *ever* going to
be was just a test stand, I'd agree
about the precision. The test
stand is as accurate a model of the
COZY firewall, dimensionally, as I
can make it (same template). If
this works out well, then I'll be
duplicating the mount for the real
thing - except I'll send that one out
to be welded by a certified
welder. If it doesn't, then I hope CCI
gets caught up on the
backlog before next fall (2007).
BTW, most
of my ideas for implementing "plugs-up" came from
the photos of your
installation.
Dale R.
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