RE: Sword 2M pattern plane
I'm using a hyde mount with my OS160 using the offset block to get the right thrust and added a nosering into the cowl . I have the cowl mounted overlapping the fuse and the distance I came up with was 6 7/8", firewall to thrust washer and total length was just under 2M. I cut into the stab to add the adjusters and added a 1/16" ply root rib. The gator stab tube socket fits into the socket already in the plane, so I used the stab that was correct as a guide and just had to drill into the other side stab to get it lined up.