Hello everyone. I just got my 3D Foamy Katana and Raven. I have the Katana assmebled, hinged and ready for paint. I was wondering if anyone ordered the AXI motor mount for their 3D Foamy kits. Ive tried to get on the website for the past 2 days and the website is down. I know Levi sells a carbon fiber mount, but I need one by this weekend so I was gonna cut one out of some ply. If any of you have pictures of the mount both off and on the plane, I would appreciate it if you would post them. Thanks in advance.

I'm pretty sure the mount he sells is made from plywood. Check Brett's Raven build thread to see a pic of his mount from 3DF.

http://www.txsquadron.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2016

Thanks alot. That really helped.

The mount is cool, but I might just go with a backplate mount for simple strength. I did mods to the nose of mine which seem like they should do the trick, and from the top the plane looks more scale (but then, it's a foamy so, why do I care?!?!) but the tried and true backplate is a quicker and easier method.

Best of luck

do you have pictures of your setup Brett?

yep. . in the link posted by I&C

If you'd like anything in particular just ask, though in that link he posted there is a shot of the mount that shows you it's layout pretty good, you could probably use that photo as a blueprint for your home made mount if you wanted though unless you have a band saw that's going to be a tough job. I made one with an xacto and xacto saw. . . wasn't pretty. If you do want to make that into a blueprint note that the rails are each 6mm thick, size it accordignly and you can print out a scale plan to cut by.

Thanks a bunch. I think I have it now.