Hey guys.. I built a few combat planes like the Stickit, but with foam cores. Same engine crutch, FG tube fuse, etc.

When I'd break the engine bearer beams off, I just borrowed a trick from my buddy Jimbo..cut a new engine crutch out that is the same shape as the old one, but will fit back over the LE. Drill and tap (2) 1/4" holes and bolt to what is left of the original crutch. Mount your engine with the top of the lug hitting this new crutch to try to keep the thrust line as close as possible to the original...

Not perfect, but it will get you back in the air.

And another neat thing..if you just want to glue them back together, use a strip of 1/32" G10 on each side of the engine beams..laminate the beam on each side with G10.. I used this on the Top Cap just to see what would happen (it wasn't broke, but the nuts had eaten into the beams)...

I got lots of this G10 if anybody wants enough to do their engine beams..