Hey, GWILLIE, that gear mount idea sounds great. I never liked big open gaping holes anyway and the original design leaves one. I was thinking about using nylon bolts, but the split gear provided sorta kills a simple retrofit. That plywood plate solves the problem nicely.

And if the sucker flies good, I plan to swipe your paintjob! Already pulled a copy of the pictures.... chuckle.... I was figuring that the thing was really going to look the same top and bottom and something might need to be done if only for that. Thanks for the good ideas.