Thats great to hear and nice feedback as well.
ORIGINAL: netdudeuk
ORIGINAL: r2champion
Please take this as only my opinion, others may disagree. I'm not trying to discredit your attempt to make things perfect, but it seems like you are putting a LOT of effort into making the holes perfectly, where in return there is no way that you will be able to drill them to the precision of your measurements. The last thing I want to do is insult your abilities and concern, but you will never drill the hole perfectly, even with the proper tools. I am all about getting things made as close as possible, but I make myself draw the line somewhere before I kill over worrying about something that I will never notice the difference between "better than good enough" and perfection. Yes, in this case close alignment is the only way to go, and guessing the center just isn't good enough, but I think your taking it to the next level. Again, I'm not trying to be a turd, only trying to help and maybe ease your mind on the matter. Anyone disagree?
I'm mature and will take your comments as constructive. I know that I'm a perfectionist. People tell me that. And psychometric tests confirm it too. I know that this can be a good thing but I also know that too much attention to detail can spoil your view of the bigger picture. It takes me ages to build but I promise you that for me it's been worth it to see pretty damned perfect results when I've done. My friend rushes things and ends up with rips in coverings, extra holes, servo ply doublers pushed inside the fuse, huge holes in cowls, etc, etc.
The new bigger E-Flite electric kits come with sliding blind nuts to allow virtually any mounting spacings. Totally flexible. In this case, I have blind nuts to go behind the firewall and the holes in the engine have no slack so once the holes are drilled in the firewall, that's where the engine sits. Precisely there. I've got a template with the holes positions. I'm sure that I can get four screws to go through the firewall in one attempt but whether they are in the correct place is another thing entirely.
Thats great to hear, I guess there really was no way of saying it (that I can think of) without sounding like a turd...so I worry. Another reason for my approach was that you posted this in the beginners forum. No problem with that, but most of the time a question like this posted by an inexperienced builder are digging too deep into the matter...I had no way of knowing your experience level. For the record, I have always used a mounting system that ivolves drilling holes and installing blind nuts the same as you, so I was referring to your specific situation based on my experience. Considering that you do have experience, might I suggest asking this question in the kit building or arf forum which might be more specific to your situation to get a better answer. Good luck with the installation!