Rick,

Thanks for the incidense numbers! I didn't know they were available either. Just from eyeballing mine I would say it has no down thrust on the motor at all.

I get what Basinbum is saying when mounting the motor inverted but I mounted mine sideways. There isn't too much adjustment for up and down using that method. You can only twist the motor within the mount. Side to side the motor fits fine.

Just fyi..... I mounted my battery on a piece of plywood and slid it down behind the wing as far as it would go (4 or 5 inches I'd guess). Then I screwed the plywood with a couple of blind nuts to the block of wood that the wing bolts go through. I also put tail bracing on with 2-56 rods to get the Shoestring to balance correctly with my .91FX.

Currently, along with re-mounting the motor, I am mounting a larger fuel tank with a more flexible pickup tube rearward of where the original was installed. I'm having a lot of problem with the Perry pump sucking air below 1/3 tank as the pickup I had in there wasn't flexible enough to move to the front of the tank when in a dive. I was getting 7 minute flights at most with that combination before it cut out.

Unfortunately, the Shoestring is second in line behind repairing my 80" Cap's wing that I tried to high altitude land in a pine tree. Not much damage considering except for the $100 charge to get it down from the tree in one piece.[&o]

Jeff