[SPAM] Re: Icepoint Mount Mod

[Jerry Budd]

Hi Bill, William, & Bob (& everyone else!):

How to handle a nose ring support for airplanes that either have a 
removable cowling or no structure ahead of the firewall (excepting 
the motor/mount) can be a difficult problem to solve.  I have a 
solution in the works that I should be testing in the next month or 
so with availability about a month after that (if all goes well).

When I have something to show I'll put an announcement out on the 
list (as well as in an ad in the K-Factor).

Thx, Jerry


>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: <mailto:billglaze at triad.rr.com>Bill Glaze
>>To: <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>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: 
>><mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org>discussion-request at nsrca.org 
>>[<mailto: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: <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>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:
>>
>>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>http://www.rcaerobats.net/Icepoint/Icepoint_Main.htm
>>
>>
>>Bob Pastorello
>><http://www.rcaerobats.net>www.rcaerobats.net
>><mailto:rcaerobob at cox.net>rcaerobob at cox.net


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Jerry Budd
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