Robert,
Funny you should ask. I have been working on
this problem for a while. Those devils at Mazda seem to have conspired
to make the Renesis very hard to design a mount for. They took away the
point for a mount on top of the engine. They moved the engine
mount bolts all over the place and put a lot of exhaust and plumbing in
the way . It was as if they sat down and said....how can we make this engine
really really hard to instal in an airplane.
I would have to agree with Lynn on this one. I
am going to use the plate option. I will be modifying it so that it is
lower profile. The plate will be the size of the engine pan and the bolts
will go in from the side. The standard conical mounts will be on the sides
as close to the engine as I can get them. Imagine a hybrid between a bed
mount and a P51 beam mount.
It is a difficult problem if you have a
tight cowl.
Don't rely on the engine mount to help you if
you loose a prop blade!!
Put at least a 3/16 safety cable on the
engine.
There are some design suggestions
here:
Monty