Another thing that would probably help your w/b is mounting your battery in front of the firewall...
On 6/21/2012 12:30 PM, mfreem...@indy.rr.com wrote: > 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. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
