I have what I believe is an RD-1A and I would like to get another
plate for it that will move the starter to the side (from the bottom) so I
can gain some additional space to hang my rads (ala. Dennis
Haverlah's example w/ SJ "rotary" cowling). Does
Tracy sell
the adapter plate or do I need to pursue one from a different vendor?
Doug;
Tracy doesn’t provide a plate for a side mount starter; but you
can modify the stock plate relatively easily. I mounted mine on the ‘plug’
side as shown in the photos; using the existing mounting bolt locations.
It required drilling a new hole for the starter nose, and drilling a hole for
the bolt in the starter flange; and then cutting some excess off the plate where
the original hole is. I did careful measuring, drilled the starter flange
myself and took the plate to a machine shop for the big hole in the plate. You
could drill that yourself with a 2 1/8” (I think) hole saw, but of course if you
err, a replacement plate is about $75.
I looked for the sketch I made for the
machinist, but I can’t find it.
Al