It was time to make a nosering. The home made nosering in my current Insight is holding up very well, so I decided to try the same method. I laid out a 1/16" ply plate with an I.D. of approx. 1.300", which I lined with a section of split fuel tubing. Once I had the fit of the I.D. to motor correct (snug), I mouted the motor into the fuse with the nosering on the motor. I measured and made spacers from lite ply to allow the nosering to ride about 1/2" behind the rear face of F1. With the spacer blocks made, and glued to the front of the nosering, I re-assembled it into the fuse and drilled a hole through one side of the nosering. The hole is drilled all the way through the spacer block and ply nosering. Back again out of the fuse, I mounted a 4-40 blind nut to the backside of the nosering on the drilled hole (0.125" bit). Back into the fuse again, this time, I tightened up the nose on the one side with a 4-40 cap screw. I then drilled the second side of the nosering and mounted my 4-40 blind nut. These 4-40 cap screws will be replaced with countersunk head cap screws later so that clearance behind the spinner backplate will not be an issue.

Later, I will fuel proof the nosering with resin.