Hi Claude,

I haven't decided which direction to take for fixing the nose of the engine. There are acouple options I'm considering so itwill float for the time being. But having run that way before I know it is not the best way. It affects the flight envelope considerably....

I have never run any small gas engine in an airplane that was hard mounted. I soft mount all of them but since each has its own mounting footprint, a custom mount is made for each set-up. That's why I stated early on that one should learn to make his own soft mounts such that he may accommodate which ever engine he wants to use. But I'm sure Merle Hyde would love to sell custom mounts for the emerging small gassie applications.

The only time I hard mounted one of these was for some bench running which I do on my back yard deck. Well, the transmitted vibration was severe enough through the deck floor to buzz my feet so I decided right then never to hard mount one of these again especially in a light plane. So even my bench running now is done on the soft mounts I make......That's been my experience but your experience may be different