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Old 08-06-2018 | 07:14 AM
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swampyankee
 
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Default And yet another question.

Having a DLE 2 cylinder I would like to keep the whole engine under the cowl. The end product for this model is scale, hopefully. The only way to achieve covering the whole engine is to mount it so that the cylinders are at a 45 degree angle to the horizon. Will this angle have a bad effect on performance? I'm thinking the torque will be off center as opposed to the cylinders being either level to the horizon or at 90 degrees to the horizon. This question arises from my experience on a motorcycle with an inline engine, at idle the bike would slightly rock with the firing of the cylinders. I don't want my plane to rock off kilter.