Sorry, should have read more carefully. Do you know the history of the mount at all?
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Dean Meloni <dean.mel...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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