Original Posted By: "Cuy, Michael D. (GRC-RXD0)[ASRC Aerospace Corporation]"
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Pietenpol-List: Fwd: Jake's 1931 Pietenpol replica update...
Pietenpol-List: Re: Fwd: Jake's 1931 Pietenpol replica update...
Original Posted By: Dan Yocum
Wayne,Were there some pix attached to Jake's e-mail?ThanksRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Wayne,Were there some pix attached to Jake's e-mail?ThanksRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Fwd: Jake's 1931 Pietenpol replica update...
Original Posted By: "pflyboy"
>From my A&P friend in New Mexico:============ >That is true.... kind of. The Lord Mounts also move the>engine forward about 1", so it also messes up your CG, cable>lengths, fuel line, wiring and cowling. However, there is a>work around for that. Look at eBay item no. 270512715002>for example.>When I replaced the C-85 on my KR with an O-200, I bought a set>of these adapters that fit inside the holes in the case where>the Lord mount would go and allowed me to use the small conical>mount bushings used in the rest of the A and C series engines.>Each of the mount bosses has a machined aluminum cone inserted>in the front and back to adapt the engine to the small conical>mounts. I bought these adapters from the Don Luscombe Foundation>in Chandler, AZ. They had intended to try to get a STC for>using those adapters on Luscombes, but I don't know if they ever>obtained it. However, for the Experimentals like Piets, it's a>no brainer if you don't want to change anything but the HP. >The engine is mounted to the same mount as I used for my C-85.>Even if you chose to use the Lord mounts, it would still bolt to>the same engine mount. I suspect the reason why the C-140>required a new mount was for CG reasons, although I have seen a>C-140 upgraded to an O-200 without changing the mount. He had to>extend the cowling instead to accommodate the Lord mounts.>I have 450+ hours flying behind this configuration and haven't>noted any kind of excessive vibration passed to the airframe>by using these small conical mounts.============Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Fwd: Jake's 1931 Pietenpol replica update...
>From my A&P friend in New Mexico:============ >That is true.... kind of. The Lord Mounts also move the>engine forward about 1", so it also messes up your CG, cable>lengths, fuel line, wiring and cowling. However, there is a>work around for that. Look at eBay item no. 270512715002>for example.>When I replaced the C-85 on my KR with an O-200, I bought a set>of these adapters that fit inside the holes in the case where>the Lord mount would go and allowed me to use the small conical>mount bushings used in the rest of the A and C series engines.>Each of the mount bosses has a machined aluminum cone inserted>in the front and back to adapt the engine to the small conical>mounts. I bought these adapters from the Don Luscombe Foundation>in Chandler, AZ. They had intended to try to get a STC for>using those adapters on Luscombes, but I don't know if they ever>obtained it. However, for the Experimentals like Piets, it's a>no brainer if you don't want to change anything but the HP. >The engine is mounted to the same mount as I used for my C-85.>Even if you chose to use the Lord mounts, it would still bolt to>the same engine mount. I suspect the reason why the C-140>required a new mount was for CG reasons, although I have seen a>C-140 upgraded to an O-200 without changing the mount. He had to>extend the cowling instead to accommodate the Lord mounts.>I have 450+ hours flying behind this configuration and haven't>noted any kind of excessive vibration passed to the airframe>by using these small conical mounts.============Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Fwd: Jake's 1931 Pietenpol replica update...