WarpedWing
Well-Known Member
Getting close to being ready to hang the engine on our Ridge Runner 3. I keep looking at the engine mount my brother in-law had made for us and I am not satisfied with this thing. It is all made of 1/2 inch 4130 and is a bed mount design. The guy that fabricated this thing for us designed it to use four of the oil pan bolts per side. Now I am not an engineer (failed Thermodynamics and higher math) however, I just don't see this being strong enough to sustain the weight, torque and handle the vibration. Has anyone here ever fabricated an engine mount for this engine? I have seen, up close, a Ridge Runner 3 using this same engine but, at the time, we were in the early phases of our build. I did not pay attention to the engine mount whatsoever at the time. Now the plane is somewhere in Michigan.
I just don't have a good feeling about this type of mount. I like a lot of vibration dampening. This mount has NONE. I don't have the time at the moment to locate batter photos but, I was hoping I could pick the brains of those in the know here.
I will take a few more if needed. These are form our builders log.
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I just don't have a good feeling about this type of mount. I like a lot of vibration dampening. This mount has NONE. I don't have the time at the moment to locate batter photos but, I was hoping I could pick the brains of those in the know here.
I will take a few more if needed. These are form our builders log.
.