Can you guys that have'em show how you mount the motors in profiles. What about cowl cheeks, yes-no ?? Size of nose doublers, all the different stuff you'd do from a glow set up. Thanks

Thanks John thats a cool way of doing it. How about a pic with everything in place, this really helps out.

Lee,

Here are a couple of shots. The plywood X motor mount is painted black. The timer is mounted inboard and the ESC outboard. The battery is partially buried in the wing.

This thread reminded me of a question I meant to ask a while ago --

http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?topic=7006.msg58395#msg58395

Appears to be a machined aluminum unit that allows you to beam-mount the motor.

Mike,
I'd give Ron an e-mail and see if he will provide some more details about that mount. I thought it was pretty neat at the time too. Plus it certainly meets all definitions of a profile front end I think---something nose rings etc are a little iffy on.
Does anyone know anything about the mount in this post:

I think Jim Ehlen in Minnesota makes those aluminum mounts.

He's in the members list of this Forum.

jpe50@comcast.net

Crist is correct. Jim makes these beautiful mounts. He used to make them in batches when he received enough orders. I bought two from him a few years ago, and I am still using one in my ECL P-40.

Maybe if enough guys want one he may tool up for another run? They are well worth the $. He made them to bolt into the mount holes of an OS .40 with the E part setup for the standard E motor bolt pattern for our ECL size motors, (ex. AXI 2826-10).

He makes them to very close tolerances. If you get one, you may want to open up the curved part to give you a little more tolerance around your motor. If you mount it "FORWARD" you won't have a problem, but if you mount it "RERWARD" you will have to open the clearance because our motors move up and down more than 1/16" each way when mounted at the rear. If I build anymore CL planes, the motor will be mounted in the front to solve this issue. It is easier on the motor bearings too.

His beautiful aluminum mount is also perfect for nonprofile installations. It will allow you to use the standard MMs. BTW, Jim builds beautiful ECL planes too. :-)

Hey thanks for all the input. I'm trying my hand at a conversion of my Baka Bomb that had an FP 20 in it. I'm using ideas from this post and have the motor installed temperarilly. I'll work on the rest as time permits. Thanks again

Guys,

I have used a front mount on two installations with beam mounts. Basically, I've built it from 1/4" lite ply so that it fits between the mounts with a half circle above the mounts that sits on them. I use two brass "L" clips that I bolt to the ply and to the mount. The ply is drilled to accept the motor bolt pattern with the shaft hole large enough to get the drive washer through without taking it off the motor shaft. I also drill cooling 1/4" holes to match the cooling areas of the motor. Once finished I apply two coats of CA to the ply to harden all the surfaces. After the CA kicks off I bolt the motor on and mount to the ship. This mount has worked well for two installations only mod was the addition of two 1/4"x 1/4" hard balsa cross strips at the bottom of the mounts to anchor the bottom of the ply from moving but still provide a give point on a hard bum.

Best,       Dennis