Argess

I've never really known for sure why some aircraft have their engines mounted inverted. At first, I thought it was for a scale appearance as the cylinder head protruding from the underside of the aircraft wasn't as much a detraction for a scale or semi-scale aircraft as if it protruded from the top.

However some aircraft have a completely enclosed cowl and a round fuselage, such as many warbirds. And the engine is still mounted inverted. So maybe it's to lower the CofG.

I intend to build a Corsair with a .30 Saito. The kit instructions say to mount the engine inverted. Is there any reason one couldn't mount the engine "right side up"? I am concerned about the crankshaft housing drain and of course the slight problems of starting an inverted engine.

Thank-you.