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I have a Top Flite Corsair, that I want to mount a Zenoah G20ei on. The firewall appears to be perfectly flat with no down/right thrust built in. Does anyone know a place to by a mount that will do this for me, so the correct angle will there when I install the engine? Thanks for any help.
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The proper right and downthrust has already been incorporated into the firewall.
Take a straight edge and align it from the rudder to the center point of the firewall.
Then take a 90 degree angle and align it to that and the firewall and you'll see that it has more redily.
It's only about 2 degrees or so, so it can be easily overlooked.
Quoting Top Flite themselves:
"Typical fuselage construction with 3/32" balsa sheeting. You can easily see the right thrust built into the firewall. Fuselage is built with the upper half constructed over the full-size plan"
The proper right and downthrust has already been incorporated into the firewall.
Take a straight edge and align it from the rudder to the center point of the firewall.
Then take a 90 degree angle and align it to that and the firewall and you'll see that it has more redily.
It's only about 2 degrees or so, so it can be easily overlooked.
Quoting Top Flite themselves:
"Typical fuselage construction with 3/32" balsa sheeting. You can easily see the right thrust built into the firewall. Fuselage is built with the upper half constructed over the full-size plan"
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Did TF always build it into the firewalls? I suspect this was originally an older red box kit. Thanks for the help.
Did TF always build it into the firewalls? I suspect this was originally an older red box kit. Thanks for the help.
BTW if its a older red box then a small 60 size engine is plenty of HP to fly it a G-20 would probably shake it apart, besides having half the engine hanging out of the cowl.




