Replacing clamp style motor mounts
07-09-2005, 12:56 AM
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Replacing clamp style motor mounts
Hi,
I've got a Tower Trainer ARF I'm building, and I noticed it comes with the kind of motor mount that uses four screws and two plates to clamp the engine down. I've had some past esperience with those mounts and I don't really care for them. I'd much rather use a Glass-filled motor mount that I can bolt the engine onto. The only problem is that the front landing gear shaft goes up through two holes in the motor mount that came with the plane, right by the firewall. The Great Planes motor mount I got does have two holes, but they sit farther out from the firewall than the stock one does, and the holes don't line up with the rod. Any ideas on how I can fix this? I really don't want to have to use the mount that came with the plane. Thanks.
-Patrick
I've got a Tower Trainer ARF I'm building, and I noticed it comes with the kind of motor mount that uses four screws and two plates to clamp the engine down. I've had some past esperience with those mounts and I don't really care for them. I'd much rather use a Glass-filled motor mount that I can bolt the engine onto. The only problem is that the front landing gear shaft goes up through two holes in the motor mount that came with the plane, right by the firewall. The Great Planes motor mount I got does have two holes, but they sit farther out from the firewall than the stock one does, and the holes don't line up with the rod. Any ideas on how I can fix this? I really don't want to have to use the mount that came with the plane. Thanks.
-Patrick
