Return-Path: Received: from [24.25.9.100] (HELO ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.1) with ESMTP id 406197 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:24:02 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.100; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Received: from EDWARD (cpe-069-132-183-211.carolina.rr.com [69.132.183.211]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id i8B4NWPg027118 for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:23:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <001401c497b7$1ad89f30$2402a8c0@EDWARD> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Engine off the floor Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:23:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Looking good, Ernest! Not quite certain I understood your pan attachment arrangement, but you want to make certain that the Pan is structural quality steel - which being an oil pan it may not be. You may need something like the 1/4" plate to carry the load. Ed Ed Anderson RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Christley" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 11:50 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Engine off the floor > I've got my mount welded together and mounted on the firewall. To my > great suprise, it actually fit the first time. I did have to cut a > section out of the oil pan, but I'm now thinking that I'll cut even more > off. The oil pan is made or .060 steel. Instead of sandwiching in a > 1/4" aluminum plate as Tracy suggests in the conversion manual, I'm > thinking that I can weld 1/4" 4130 ears onto the oil pan, with a couple > of 'arms' extending down the sides to pick up several of the oil pan > bolts. My first thought is that each ear would have 8 bolts, plus have > 6 to 8 linear inches of weld to the oil pan. > > After this, I only have one large welding job left, that being the canopy. > > -- > http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/ > "Ignorance is mankinds normal state, > alleviated by information and experience." > Veeduber > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >