ORIGINAL: RCDennis
Matt,
Glad to see you doing the experimentation on the nose ring. As I have told you I have this motor in a Symphony and a Hyde mount made by Merle for this engine. He says it is constructed so as to not need a nose ring. One of the problems after I took delivery was that the mixture control screws ended up inside the mount, so I had to use short standoffs to get access. Some day if work allows I will get the chance to run the engine in the airframe and maybe even fly it. This will be the true judge of the need for a nose ring.
Dennis Cone
Dennis,
I should have the whole thing ready and running by next weekend. I will take the final snaps and post here. I intend to adapt the nose ring to the bench mount to get a full flavor of the whole assembly in actual use.
So far weight is in line with expectation. The model will likely come in at 5 kilos tho. I am using about 1140 squares of wing so weight will not be a problem
BTW what was the weight of the hyde?
MattK