Winter / Focus / Fuel

[Doug Cronkhite]

Alan,

To be honest, I'm stealing ideas from here and there (mostly Jason's setup 
in his Rhapsody) for mounting. I put a 2nd ring in the nose of the 
aircraft aligned with the rear of the motor to support it. I didn't want 
all the weight supported at the nose. This ring is about 1/2" wide. A 3rd 
ring captures the end of the motor itself and attaches to the out ring 
with 3 x 1/2" supports spaced 120 degrees apart. This 3rd ring (with legs) 
is removable with 3 screws. 

I asked Jason about the side/downthrust and spiral slipstream changes in 
Las Vegas a couple months ago and he said he didn't feel any change. I 
guess we'll just have to see when I fly it :-P

-Doug



On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Alan Simmonds wrote:

> Doug
> 
> What are the issues/requirements for mounting the Hacker motor?  I've
> seen pics of the Electro Lazulite on the PL Prod website showing (what
> looks like) the front of the motor screwed to a carbon nose ring which
> is fixed to the nose of the model.  The rear of the motor is supported
> (doesn't look fixed) by a ring mounted on 4 long aluminium spacers which
> are fixed to the firewall.  
> 
> How will the big prop affect side/downthrust?
> 
> Regards
> Alan Simmonds
> 
> >... I'm also developing my own mounting setup for 
> >the airplane (which ZN will manufacture as an option).   ...
> 
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