Hi Charles- I am interested in the 0-200 Mount. Did you fab this or was it a purchase? How Much are you asking, and can you send a photo or two?
Regards, Dean Meloni On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Charles Babb <cnx...@yahoo.com> wrote: > If anyone is interested I have an O200 mount complete with a nose gear as > originally installed on a KR2S I just bought. I will be removing it for a > corvair mount. According to logbook has 117 hrs on it. No shock mounts. > Like new condition. > > Charles Babb > > > ________________________________ > From: "mfreem...@indy.rr.com" <mfreem...@indy.rr.com> > To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 2:15 PM > Subject: Re: KR> Engine mount > > I'm sorry, I was mistaken. Instead of 10 to 10-1/2" from the firewall it > was 9 to 9-1/2" from the firewall. You could just slide your index finger > in between the starter and the firewall. > I'm using the original Cont. O-200 rubber engine isolater mount bushings > and washers. > > http://www.quickheads.com/store/fast-little-airplanes-flaps/firewall-forward/o-200-engine-mount-bushings > > ---- Jeff Scott <jscott.pla...@gmx.com> wrote: > > Dan, > > > > I'm glad you asked that question. I am using these mount adapters that > allow the O-200 to mount using the C-85 style mount bushings. < > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Continental-O-200-C-85-Engine-Mount-Adapters-O200-/270512715002> > The engine will sit close to an inch farther forward with the standard > O-200 mount bushings (see picture at the bottom of the web site above). The > clearance is sufficient that one can easily change a magneto, starter, or > generator. > > > > That is not to say that you shouldn't or can't use the standard O-200 > mount bushings if you have them. For me, it was a way to change over from > the C-85 to the O-200 without moving the engine forward which would have > required a rebuild of the cowl. > > > > -Jeff Scott > > Los Alamos, NM > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: mfreem...@indy.rr.com > > Sent: 06/21/12 01:30 PM > > To: KRnet > > Subject: Re: KR> Engine mount > > > > I've got the mount jig built and ready to start fitting the 4130 steel > that I got from Wicks Aircraft. The original mount was so close to the > firewall that you had to undue the mount bolts and slide the engine forward > to pull the starter off and that was with a 3/8ths" aluminum spacer. The > battery was mounted on the floor under my knees to get the weight forward > and with two people in the plane it was tail heavy with full fuel untill > you burned some off from the wings. So I think moving the engine forward > will only help the weight and balance. Of those who have the Cont. O-200 > engine mounted in their plane, how far forward of your firewall are the > face of your engine mount bushings? Mine will be 11-1/2" per the plans Jeff > sent me. The old mount was about 10 or 10-1/2" without the 3/8ths" spacers. > Dan. ---- Larry&Sallie Flesner <fles...@frontier.com> wrote: > At 12:24 > PM 6/19/2012, you wrote: > >Ok I finally had some success with the KRnet > search > engine. > > > >It seems like Rand Robinson recommended the crank > centerline be > >1-1/2" below the top of the longeron. > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > I'm using a HAPI VW mount for my 0-200 as did Marty Roberts. My > mount > has 1 inch aluminum spacers on the firewall. As I recall, the > top mount > bolts on the firewall are centered on the top spruce member > on the > firewall, in my case that is a 3/4 inch by 3 1/2 inch spruce > plank, > slightly bigger than the plans call for, and those bolts are > in line with > the top engine mount bolts. This puts the thrust line > just a few inches > below the top longerons and only a few inches below > the horizontal > stabilizer. I'm guessing that a few inches up or down > from there will > make very little difference in the handling, only the > fitting of the > cowl. > > As always, your results may vary. :-) > > Larry Flesner > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, > send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at > http://www.krnet.org/info.html _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. 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