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Thanks Bob, I saw the picture of your rear mount. I cannot come off the
center, because my plane is tri-gear. Your unit looks rugged.
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser # 4045
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob White" <bob@bob-white.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 12:17 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Beam Motor Mount (semi-long)
Bill,
I happend to have the MM plate laying on my kitchen table, so I weighed
it. It's 11 lbs with the Barry mounts. So my excess weight is 11 lbs
minus the weight of Tracy's flange. I don't know what the rest of the
tubing weighs, but it's very light.
The tripods are very light, I weighed them once, but would take some digging
to find the weights. When I next remove the engine, I am going to weigh
everything and log it on a special sheet.
Photo of my rear MM bracket:
http://www.bob-white.com/new_rear_mm_a.jpg
There are a couple of disadvantages to the MM plate that I didn't
consider.
1)
It blocks the area on either side of the engine. This is the ideal
place for the evaporator cores.
This was a concern of mine also, leading to my decision not to use it.
2)
The redrive and the motor mount are now connected. This is a bigger
inconvenience than the motor mount and oil pan seal being connected. I
can't install or remove the redrive without removing the engine.
Yes
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