REFLECTOR: Engine Hard Points

[Jim Agnew]

Joe,

Make sure that the large washers on the inside of the engine bulkhead are
hardened, mine weren't and they coned after a while.  I now have 2"x2"x1/8"
titanium plates there.

Jim

>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Joe 
>   To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list 
>   Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 10:01 AM
>   Subject: REFLECTOR: Engine Hard Points
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> 
>   I am ready to position/bolt my engine/mount to the firewall.  My circa 1995
> builders manual seems to be lacking in the detail department.  The manual
> shows hard points on the forward face of the firewall, but no hardpoints came
> with my kit or with the engine mount(173RG,Franklin) and no dimensions for
> the hardpoints are listed in my manual.
> 
>   1.  Can someone steer me to the right material and dimensions for these
> hardpoints?
>   2.  Are hard points also used on the aft firewall face?  If so same
> questions as above.
> 
>   Thanks,
>   Joe
> 
> 
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James F. Agnew
Jim_Agnew_2 at Yahoo.Com
Tampa, FL
Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying