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Old 05-08-2006 | 12:15 PM
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Default RE: budd engineering motor mount for 160dz

I think it's important to make folks understand that the Bud and similar cheapo mounts are dramatically different from a Hyde. The confusing thing is that they appear, at first glance, rather similar.
A Bud is, in my opinion, nothing more than a solid rubber isolation mount. What make it different to other iso' mounts is it's Hyde appearance, but it is in reality, nothing other than a !QUOT!giant rubber grommet!QUOT!, one side bolted to the fire wall, the other to the engine via T bar. Sure it looks like Hyde but it doesn't function in anywhere near the same way.
What Mr Hyde discovered was that if you take one solid ring attached to the fire wall and another similar ring attached to the engine the connect both together using a thing rubber membrane, what would actually happen is that when the engines throttles up, the two parts would separate and the engine would literally be !QUOT!floating!QUOT!... only connected to the airframe by the thin rubber membrane, not only really isolating the engine from the plane... but also allowing in to vibrate and move unhindered in the rotational axis. Genius.
Make a note that I'm talking the real Hyde mounts here, the expensive ones and not the cheap versions he's now marketing to-wards the hobby pilot which are very similar to the Bud, as ironic as it sounds!
Obviously there's a market for mediocrity.