I seem to remember Cessna 172s having the battery under the cowl... Works for them...
Personally, I'm putting mine up there simply for weight/balance purposes - the more weight forward of the CG, the less likely I end up with a tail-heavy plane. On 1/10/2012 9:30 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I have mine mounted on the firewall. You have baffeling that seal the engine > area away from the direct heat of the engine. I believe most or many of the > KR's out there have their batteries mounted on the firewall. > > Jeff York > KR2 > Georgetown Scott county FAA airport of the year > 2010 KR Gathering Peoples Choice and Best Interior > 2011 Air Fest Best Experimental, Best Instrument Panel > > Sent from my HTC smartphone on the Now Network from Sprint! > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Derek Lewis"<[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]> > Subject: KR> Engine compartment temp > Date: Tue, Jan 10, 2012 9:18 pm > > > Has anyone checked their engine compartment temp? I was planning on mounting > my battery to the firewall behind the engine, but the battery says to not > heat it past 140 F. I am worried the temp may get to hot to mount it there. > I could always insulate the box, but will add more weight. Any ideas or info > would be great. > > Thanks, > > Derek Lewis > KR-2 85%ish > ____________________________________________________________ > 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 > The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3231/4f0cf0097d04e137476fst06vuc > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
