Pictured is before and after on a Tanaka 26cc conversion from their TED 262DH powered drill. Dead nuts easy to do, all I had to do really, was to grind off the front flange bits. Also, I had to trim a bit of a groove to allow clearance of the mounting bolts. Plus the usual trimming of the flywheel and prop hub. I really like Tanaka's four bolt approach to everything. No oddball backplate mounting holes. The neat thing too is that you can bolt the Tanaka directly to your firewall, no mounting plate at all required.

On another thread I asked about the suitability of mounting a spring starter to the rear end. I flew a Quadra when they first came out and am only now going big again. If you look at my past postings, you'll see that I was/am heavily into 1/2A. I'm hoping you guys won't hold that against me. [X(]

Point is, getting whacked by a small engine is annoying. Not so a gasser, I'm speculating. Any advice in this regard?