How about this. Go down to ACE hardware....and buy a 10/32 3" bolt and be done with it. NO MUSS NO FUSS.... even the hex head fits in beautifully without modifying.

sean

Does anyone have the DA 50 mounted with the stock muffler and the cowl cut to accommodate? If so could you please post a picture of how you cut the cowl. Just looking for some different ideas.

Thanks

Tobin

Tobin:

Go to the web site that's listed in my signature. He's got all kinds of pictures with a stock DA50 muffler mounted on a WH Edge540T.

Also there's installation of a 3W50 on that web site.

Perfect that is exactly what I was looking for. Great site too!!!

Thank You

For transferring the marks. What I just did was make a second spacer and counter sunk one side of it. This allowed me to mount the spacer to the stand offs and have the one side still flush. Then I enlarged the center whole on the firewall and used small clamps to now hold the engine in place (with the standoffs and spacer). Now align the engine (which takes some time of putting the cowl on and off making slight adjustments each time. When done - take cowl off trace around the spacers I made, take engine off and spacers off from the standoffs. Then place the spacers back on the fire wall and clamp back on, and just drill out the wholes. Works great.

Best of luck
Brian
If any questions email me and I will get some pics

Tom

When you say you like the G62 over the DA50 would you explain what you mean. I was under the impression that the DA had more Hp than the G62 considering the weight penalty. Goes to show you how much I know!

I am bidding on ebay for ada 50 with the side mount muffler that. Will that work for the inverted instalation on the Extra 300 LX I just reserved from you?


Thanks,


Ryan

Sure, but the stock muffler does stick out of the cowl a bit.

TF

heres a great place to see how the DA50 looks with the stock muff, awesome photos on the web page...g
http://www.edge540t.com/page1.html

Tom what muffer did you use on your DA 50?

I used the Bisson wraparound.

TF

Hi Tom; Jim from MO. With your setup on your DA-50, was there enough right thrust in the firewall that the plane pull straight up from level flight to vertical, wihtout pulling to the left?

Jim again; There were a few posts I read that said, that the WH 540T had a light pull to the left on vertical with a DA-50. According to that when mounting a DA- 50 you need to put in more right thrust. So the reason I asked on last post was to get it straight from you. I would appreciate some info on this. Thumbs up on your new EDGE.

I have seen those posts but have not had the same experience myself, my testing has the plane pretty much neutral with respect to thrust angle. IF it's tail heavy it does tend to wander when pulling vertical, but if balanced properly I have not seen any need to change thrust angle (if I had I would have done it). YMMV

TF