Steve Glover makes a fantastic 0200 mount. At a reasonable price. Saves a lot of work. I have one in my kr2ss. PHIL Matheson ? -----------
I didn't know Steve was producing the O-200 mount. I sent Steve the same RR drawings I've shared with several others here on the net. Having it prefabbed and professionally welded saves a lot of time and should be a good quality mount. I just looked it up on his web site. Steve charges roughly $100 more than I paid for my mount from Jeannette 20 years ago, so I'd call it a pretty good value. The lower cross brace on the mount is a bit tight for the generator or alternator. I found that it cleared the 20 Amp Delco generator just fine, but had heard that it was a problem with the alternators available for the C series/O-200 20 years ago. However, I recently mounted a Plane Power 50 Amp alternator to my O-200. I did some minor dressing down of one of the bosses on the side of the alternator to ensure plenty of clearance from the mount, but it does fit pretty nicely. I think it's pretty common to add some additional webbing and an aluminum angle across the shelf to support the O-200 and Corvair engines. While Marty's engine stayed attached, it's pretty common for the KRs to tear the firewall out of the aircraft on a hard landing/crash. I've seen it happen many times, even with the VW engines. I guess we could have a debate about whether it is desirable to have the engine separate on impact, but I think I'd rather all the big pieces stay in place. I do recall the severe foot injuries Dan had when the engine and firewall separated on a hard landing of N4DD at Mt Vernon. He is not the first I've seen come to a stop with his feet sticking out through where the firewall used to be. -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM
