Help someone please!! I have built probably a half dozen or so planes by now, and am just finishing up a stick build "roadrunner" from Bill Carpenter plans and am wondering about the placement of the gasser Mac 28. I actually had the plans reduced 12% so the 28 would fly it better. I want to mount the motor upright, but in doing that it needs to be lowered on the firewall, which means that the crankshaft/prop line is lower than the centerline on the plans. It will still mount on center line left and right, but not up and down. WILL THAT MATTER. I would guess it would not, as the motors for some of the old Mariners/seaplanes were mounted very high above the wing to keep out of the water i suppose. Any thoughts on this. Thanks much in advance from some of you guys that know bunches about building model rc aircraft.
building planes should be in my blood. go to www.aerofiles.com and then look up 962N, or STOELK--HACKER there is a plane listed there that my "namesake" grandfather designed in the way early years. I found the data and pictures in some of my fathers things and sent them in for additions to the AEROFILES.com They already had some of the data, but were glad to get the additional.
Regards: William E. Stoelk II