Doug,

  I don't know if it was me you read about, but I made a spacer to put the pick up tube back down to the bottom of the pan, both to pick up the oil as designed, and to support the pick up tube. Otherwise, it would not clear the plate of the mount, and it would be 1/2" off the bottom of the pan, unsupported.

  I guess I don't know if it was necessary from an oil stand point, but it was necessary to get the engine on the plate.

If it was someone else you read about (and there are most likely others that have done it) then disregard all the above. ;)

Ben

--- On Fri, 1/14/11, dlomheim@aol.com <dlomheim@aol.com> wrote:

> From: dlomheim@aol.com <dlomheim@aol.com>
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Question for Lynn...
> To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
> Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 3:39 PM
> Hey Lynn; I recently read that one
> builder had an insert machined to be added to his oil pickup
> tube to take up the space created by using a bed type mount
> sandwhiched between the pan and block.  My question is:
> is this really necessary?  Thanks for your insights as
> always!   Doug
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