ORIGINAL: Flyfast1
Ed,
I realized that the Dubro mount probably couldn't be used with the G26, but figured there might be one available for it. When I ordered my Roto25 from RC Showcase I also needed an engine mount and that's the one they sold for the engine, so I bought it. It was my first experience with any type of engine mount with rubber isolation. I have to say I am not disappointed with it. The plane doesn't shake and the engine doesn't appear to either. The Roto25 seems pretty smooth, so maybe it has to do with that. I did tighten the mount down pretty well.
Thanks for the tip on buying replacement elastomerics.
-Ed
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As with everything else in life, soft mounts vary quite a bit from brand to brand and model to model. Making a firm recommendation for or against them is not what I am about. Certainly, there are some well designed soft mounts that do a tremendous job and actually do provide benefit from their use.
I won't mention the manufacturer, but it is an old, trusted name in mounts and mufflers. I had one of their soft mounts installed in a Goldberg Ultimate Bipe. I hated it. The engine, an Enya R1.20, shook badly at idle, regardless of how tight the doughtnuts were compressed. I ended up replacing the firewall and going with a traditional solid mount. Since then, I am very selective about the type of soft mount that I use, which is seldom, if ever.