Originally Posted by
jester_s1
The question on my mind is why do you want to do this? The plane was designed for the engine to be in its place, so why mess with it? A change in engine location that drastic will also probably cause fuel feed problems, notably flooding at idle and fuel siphoning into the engine while it isn't running. That's assuming the plane was designed with the tank in the right place to begin with.
So what's your reason for wanting to change the engine mount location?
https://www.towerhobbies.com/product.../TOWA2030.html
Since you brought this up, see this inverted glow engine set up on this ARF? What do you suppose would happen if the engine were placed on its side or upright instead, for easier starting, tuning, less flooding situations as inverted 2 strokes tend to do in an inverted configuration, being a low wing style plane? Any thoughts would be welcome on this topic. Note reviews from buyers in the link. I think the head sitting that high shows he maintained the factory thrust line, but being a low wing plane, I don't see a problem lowering it a tad? For just $104.99 (when they were in stock last month), I grabbed 2 of these to experiment with.
