Sharing stupidity

[Wayne Galligan]

Bob,

If they are off center to the low side just make some spacers to raise the
engine to the centerline.  I have done this as much as a .25" once to get an
engine on center.  Now if your too high on the center then your SOL.  or
machine them down if you have enough beam to work with.

Smooth Flying...

Wayne
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Pastorello
  To: Tom Feland ; Dennis Hunt ; BYoung at MunciePower.com ; Ed Hartley ; David
Harmon K6XYZ ; Wayne Galligan
  Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:17 PM
  Subject: Sharing Stupidity


  I just have to tell you guys - maybe you'll get a chuckle.
      I've been madly working on a prototype "Pastomount" with a much
smaller diameter, and some things to put the rubber under greater tension,
so it would still do the job.  Just an experiment, mind you.
      So I get these really cool Sig mounts, of course they are too large,
and overlap the OD of the face of the mount, so I cut them down.  No sweat,
bandsaw made it easy.  Drilled new mounting holes for the #4 x 5/8 machine
screws and blind nuts.  We're cooking now.
      Got the mounts all lined up perfectly, spaced just right, ca'd the
mounts to the face, drilled through...things are going GREAT.  Got all the
rubber bands ca'd in place, and this thing is gonna WORK.


  THEN - I prepare to sand the mount edges, because one side is shorter to
permit the Mintor to install properly (thanks, Wayne)...and *damn*....
      I mounted the modified Sig mounts using the wrong "center" of the
beams.  So now, to mount the motor properly,  I can't use my fancy mount.
OR - I have to decide if it will work as well being 10mm off center line
axis.  I measured, marked, ca'd, and drilled BOTH Sig beams the exact same
dimension OFF Center.  Sheesh.
      And - of course -  I learned all of this only AFTER everything was
glued and loctited.

  Some days it really is better to just not touch this stuff....

  Bob Pastorello, Oklahoma
  NSRCA 199, AMA 46373
  rcaerobob at cox.net
  www.rcaerobats.net



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