Return-Path: Received: from ddi.digital.net ([198.69.104.2]) by truman.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO203-101c) ID# 0-44819U2500L250S0) with ESMTP id AAA4682 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 13:56:52 -0500 Received: from john (max-roc4-85.digital.net [204.215.233.85]) by ddi.digital.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id NAA19970 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 13:57:06 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981114135651.0072c034@mail.digital.net> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 13:56:51 -0500 To: lancair.list@olsusa.com From: John Cooper Subject: Mounting New Style Hydraulic Pumps (L320) X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> I'm not sure there is any "best" place to mount the hydraulic pump, but you're right - behind the baggage bulkhead is not that great of a place for it. I have lots of fiberglass burns and bruises on my forearms to prove it! In the "olden days", the pump was placed there for CG considerations. But if like me, you are heavier that 170 lbs., you will have to move some weight forward anyway, so why not the hydraulic pump? My friend mounted his on the *front* side of the baggage bulkhead, then built a nice little removable cover over the whole thing. It subtracts a little room from the baggage area, but what the heck, you can only carry 50 lbs. there anyway. It has not been a problem for him. I say just put the darn thing where you can get at it!