If anyone is interested I have an O200 mount complete with a nose gear as originally installed on a KR2S I just bought. I will be removing it for a corvair mount. According to logbook has 117 hrs on it. No shock mounts. Like new condition.
Charles Babb ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: KRnet <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 2:15 PM Subject: Re: KR> Engine mount I'm sorry, I was mistaken. Instead of 10 to 10-1/2" from the firewall it was 9 to 9-1/2" from the firewall. You could just slide your index finger in between the starter and the firewall. I'm using the original Cont. O-200 rubber engine isolater mount bushings and washers. http://www.quickheads.com/store/fast-little-airplanes-flaps/firewall-forward/o-200-engine-mount-bushings ---- Jeff Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, > > I'm glad you asked that question. I am using these mount adapters that allow >the O-200 to mount using the C-85 style mount bushings. ><http://www.ebay.com/itm/Continental-O-200-C-85-Engine-Mount-Adapters-O200-/270512715002> > The engine will sit close to an inch farther forward with the standard O-200 >mount bushings (see picture at the bottom of the web site above). The >clearance is sufficient that one can easily change a magneto, starter, or >generator. > > That is not to say that you shouldn't or can't use the standard O-200 mount >bushings if you have them. For me, it was a way to change over from the C-85 >to the O-200 without moving the engine forward which would have required a >rebuild of the cowl. > > -Jeff Scott > Los Alamos, NM > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: 06/21/12 01:30 PM > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> Engine mount > > I've got the mount jig built and ready to start fitting the 4130 steel that >I got from Wicks Aircraft. The original mount was so close to the firewall >that you had to undue the mount bolts and slide the engine forward to pull the >starter off and that was with a 3/8ths" aluminum spacer. The battery was >mounted on the floor under my knees to get the weight forward and with two >people in the plane it was tail heavy with full fuel untill you burned some >off from the wings. So I think moving the engine forward will only help the >weight and balance. Of those who have the Cont. O-200 engine mounted in their >plane, how far forward of your firewall are the face of your engine mount >bushings? Mine will be 11-1/2" per the plans Jeff sent me. The old mount was >about 10 or 10-1/2" without the 3/8ths" spacers. Dan. ---- Larry&Sallie >Flesner <[email protected]> wrote: > At 12:24 PM 6/19/2012, you wrote: > >>Ok I finally had some success with the KRnet search engine. > > > >It seems like Rand Robinson recommended the crank centerline be > >1-1/2" below the top of the longeron. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > I'm using a HAPI VW mount for my 0-200 as did Marty Roberts. My > mount has 1 inch aluminum spacers on the firewall. As I recall, the > top mount bolts on the firewall are centered on the top spruce member > on the firewall, in my case that is a 3/4 inch by 3 1/2 inch spruce > plank, slightly bigger than the plans call for, and those bolts are > in line with the top engine mount bolts. This puts the thrust line > just a few inches below the top longerons and only a few inches below > the horizontal stabilizer. I'm guessing that a few inches up or down > from there will make very little difference in the handling, only the > fitting of the cowl. > > As always, your results may vary. :-) > > Larry Flesner > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
