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This is an RV-3B?
What happend the the triangular pieces running from
bottom of spar, between rudder pedals, up to engine mount bolts 5 and 6? I
can't beleive they were removed in the RV-3B. These two additional engine
mount bolts and stiffeners were added to the RV-3 after several engine mount
failures.
Hi Finn,
The
plane is designated as an RV-3B, because it has the -B wings. The
actual project that I purchased was started over 20 years ago (sn-751), and was
prior to the -A designation. As you may recall, I had to throw away the
original wings, because the builder made some life threatening mistakes. The
original Lycoming mount did not have the two additional bolts that you are
referring too, but of course the later planes
do.
The
mount that I have was not made from the original Lycoming mount, but rather
designed from the ground up by Fred. It has a 5th mounting point, and
should not have the same problem that the original Lycoming mounts
had.
Good
eye BTW :-)
Rusty
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