Icepoint Mount Mod

[Bill Glaze]

Bob:
Thanks.  I just knew that if anybody had it figured out, it would be 
you!<G>  However, inasmuch as I've been flying the Focus with the Dave 
Brown ($6, real money!) hard mount for some 3 years now, completely 
trouble free, I believe I'll stick with it until I build (or have a good 
builder build) a stiff-nose airplane for me.  (Temptation?  Brio?   I 
Dunno) Right now, I'm completely happy with my Focus 1; folks tell me 
that I'll like the Focus 2 better.  We'll see.  I truly enjoy the idea 
of a top-loader fuselage; it'll make me keep my nose inside the airplane 
more to see what's going on in there.  I recently found a problem with 
the elevator pushrod (gulp!) with the Focus 1 that I wouldn't even have 
known about, if not for the necessity of opening up the pipe tunnel for 
maintenance on another component. 

Bill

Bob Pastorello wrote:

> The Focus needs either a Hyde Type A, or the Budd with a nose ring.  I 
> modified the Arresti's last year (two of them) with mounts for a nose 
> ring that basically was a series of spruce longerons anchored at 
> angles from the edges of the firewall, epoxied to a ply 'plate' just a 
> bit larger than the nosering.  Have photos if interested.  It was a 
> pain in the b*&# also, but worked.
>  
> I agree with Bill - the Budd needs to have a nose ring, and you have 
> to be willing to put one in, just like the Hyde AR mount.
>     This conversion I've done works, and ultimately will be worth it 
> (to me, anyway)
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Bill Glaze <mailto:billglaze at triad.rr.com>
>     To: discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>     Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 10:24 AM
>     Subject: Re: Icepoint Mount Mod
>
>     I haven't seen any indication that Jerry makes such an animal. 
>     And, while I appreciate what Bob is doing with his Icepoint, I
>     don't believe the Focus would lend itself to such treatment.  So,
>     until I do something else as far as airplanes go, it looks as if
>     I'll be holding the Budd mount until needed for a stiff-nose project.
>     BTW:  Just got my Technician class license again; should be on the
>     FCC web site before too many more days.  Don't know if they are
>     going to give me my old license back, (N7WWS) or a new one for
>     back here in 4 land.  We'll see.  And, I'm going to start studying
>     for my general class before too long.
>     Bill
>
>     William C. Harden wrote:
>
>>     Bill,
>>
>>     I have the same question.  I bought the Hyde mount with the
>>     integral nose ring for my Focus II.  I have not seen the Jerry
>>     Budd mount and was wondering if he also makes a similar mount
>>     with an integral nose ring.  From your e-mail below it sounds
>>     like there isn't one available from Jerry Budd.
>>
>>     Bill 
>>
>>     -----Original Message-----
>>     From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
>>     [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Bill Glaze
>>     Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:22 AM
>>     To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>     Subject: Re: Icepoint Mount Mod
>>
>>     Bob: 
>>     I see the problem with the Icepoint.  Can sure be frustrating. 
>>     I've also been wondering: 
>>     I just got a new Jerry Budd engine mount.  Excellent job, well
>>     thought out.  Jerry, however, calls for a nose ring with the
>>     mount.  How are the guys handling a nose ring with a removable
>>     cowling, like the Focus?  Seems to me as if the cowl would tear
>>     loose from the fuselage if subjected to the stress/vibration of a
>>     nose ring.   I've had perfect satisfaction from a Dave Brown
>>     solid mount, (cost the princely sum of $6) on my focus 1, but
>>     I've still been thinking of retrofitting my Focus 2 before it's
>>     first flight.
>>     How would you handle it?
>>
>>     Bill Glaze
>>
>>
>>     Bob Pastorello wrote:
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>>     In case there are any of you like me, who aren't at a contest
>>     (and should be), and aren't flying (because we have nothing
>>     ready).... here's the tale of tribulation on how much fun it is
>>     to retrofit a flat firewall that is spaced way farther than it
>>     should be....
>>
>>     http://www.rcaerobats.net/Icepoint/Icepoint_Main.htm
>>
>>
>>     Bob Pastorello
>>     www.rcaerobats.net <http://www.rcaerobats.net>
>>     rcaerobob at cox.net <mailto:rcaerobob at cox.net>
>>
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