What am I doing wrong here. The engine sitting to far forward?

The down angle on the exhaust look right?

Life would be so much simpler if the bracket was symmetrical.

BKF:

I just flew my Roo last weekend with a P-80. What do you have between the mount and the turbine? I used a 1/8" piece of balsa, with holes in it to allow it to sit flat over the bracket mounting screws, then glued a piece of 1/64" ply on the top of the balsa (closest part to the engine). I then added washers to the rear of the mount to give it the downthrust that the manual asks for.

Thanks

Here is a look at mine

Nick it's screwed to the mount direct. No spacers or anything.

Life would be so much simpler if the bracket was symmetrical.

Looks like you need to turn the mount 180deg ken??
Todd

Gary Mine looks mounted the same as yours. Why does mine look weird?

I can't Todd. there is not enough room between those allen head screws and the fat band so I would have to notch out the band for the glow plug

Yours looks fine to me. I did dremel a small circular "notch" in my mount, at the glow plug, so I could move the turbine to the rear a little more. You can see in the picture that the screw that is in the bottom of the turbine is as far back against the mount as it can go. I did not install the washers as shown in the manual and Mine seems to fly fine.

Ok then I guess it is mounted the way it should be. That bottom screw is in the same place as yours. Does yours tilt a bit when you pull up on the nose cone (same as full power) Thanks for the pic it helped alot. Ken

As mine comes to full power, the nose of the turbine drops a little.
I'm guessing that this does not happen as much in flight. If it does, it does not appear to effect the flight characteristics.

Ken, I am unfamiliar with the JetCat mount, but I would not be concerned about having the P-120 too far forward. Just be sure that your C.G. ends up where its supposed to be and kick the ass end up a bit (not critical, just better the tail be up a bit rather than down a bit). Are we at T minus a few days and counting, or what?

WM: So you think the butt should be up a bit (for making the nose want to rise with power?) Yep having the turbine closer to the CG does make sense. With the Ram 500 it would be nose heavy. With the JetCat way back it might end up tail heavy. I won't add non functional weight. Makes no sense. Things can be moved around. Ill look at JetBlue. I got a room at Quinte for next month. I hope Tam's event turns out REALLY GOOD. He deserves it. Maybe they will send me a jar of the secret cocktail K

WM: Figured I would put the shutoff valve here. Easy and quick to get to. And those festo's are now located inside the aircraft.