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Offline Steve Berry

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Ok, now for something a little different....
« on: March 04, 2011, 12:10:52 PM »
Alright, I'm trying, in my mind's eye, at least, to come up with something that can be used to easily mount a motor to a profile fuse.  The easiest that I've come up with is a simple "U-shaped" aluminum bracket with a tab that is bent 90 degrees to provide a mounting surface for the motor.  What I'm thinking is use two of them, one on inboard & outboard sides, with one of them drilled and tapped for 4-40 bolts.

Now, it would result in only using two mounting holes on the rear of the motor housing, and I really don't know if that would be strong enough.

Thoughts?

Steve

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Re: Ok, now for something a little different....
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2011, 12:43:29 PM »
What I did on my LA-5 was to notch the rails and insert a 1/4" thick piece of plywood.  This is a scale ship and probably won't see the stress of a stunt ship.  Epoxy, and the plywood side plates all add strength.  I did round the corners of the plywood bulkhead.
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Re: Ok, now for something a little different....
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2011, 01:29:50 PM »
I'd want to use all mounting bolts.
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Re: Ok, now for something a little different....
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2011, 02:44:07 PM »
Flying Clown using two wood blocks and bolts.  Aluminum L brackets will work the same.

http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?topic=14343.0

Just go crusing through the electric thread looking at pictures.  You will see all kinds of mounts.
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Offline john vlna

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Re: Ok, now for something a little different....
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2011, 04:59:46 PM »
I've used a similar mount as the plywood system John mentioned on smaller stunt planes like the Clown, It works fine, never had a problem.

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Re: Ok, now for something a little different....
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2011, 06:52:33 PM »
Hi Steve,
 I just use a piece of aluminium right angle bought from the local DIY store, light and very rigid. I've used it on everything and anything profile up to 53" with no problems at all.

A few examples in this old thread. http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?topic=14727.0

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Re: Ok, now for something a little different....
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2011, 07:09:13 PM »
Have used that all the way up to a Strega also.

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