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1. 08:54 AM - Motor Mounts Again (The Meiste's)
2. 05:16 PM - Re: Motor Mounts Again (The Meiste's)
3. 05:25 PM - Re: Motor Mounts Again (gary)
4. 06:10 PM - Re: Motor Mounts Again (The Meiste's)
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| Subject: | Motor Mounts Again |
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--> Stratus-List message posted by: "The Meiste's" <meiste@essex1.com>
Just one more word of caution for you Stratus pilots ..... watch that top
right motor mount carefully! I believe I just broke the record (and mount)
for the fastest cracked motor mount. Mine just cracked at only 78 hours! The
crack is identical to Bill Morelli's ( see his photos here
http://homepages.together.net/~billvt/Engine%20Mount%20Crack/Engine%20Mount%20Crack.htm )
but not as long as his.
To repair it I sandblasted the bracket, added a doubler plate similar to
Bill's on both sides of the bracket. And to prevent a second failure like
Bill shows in his photos I added a bottom corner gusset to tie it together.
I have also painted the bracket white as I did my firewall engine mount from
ZAC. As it's really hard to see a crack developing under a dark colored
powder coating. And like Bill I swapped the wimpy thin finder washers (front
side only) with a nice thick washer, as mine was very dished after only 78
hours.
I plan to reinstall the mount tomorrow but I will take a few photo's of my
repaired bracket if anyone is interested in seeing my fix.
One side note about this, I fly my plane at very low RPM's normally about
3,800 to 4,000 max. And on take off I still only use about 3/4 throttle, so
if looks like babying the RPM makes no difference.
Kelly Meiste
601 HD
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| Subject: | Re: Motor Mounts Again |
--> Stratus-List message posted by: "The Meiste's" <meiste@essex1.com>
One question about reinstalling the motor mount.
My book shows the two nuts that hold the motor mount onto the engine must be
torqued down to 47 ft/lbs. Must the entire head now be retorqued, or can I
just retorque the two nuts back to 47 ft/lbs?
Thanks for any advice.
Kelly
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| Subject: | Re: Motor Mounts Again |
--> Stratus-List message posted by: "gary" <FlyinK@Efortress.com>
Glad you caught that Kelly. I have a slightly different style on my Stratus
but I'll be keeping a really close eye on it. Send me a picture of your
fix, I'd like to see it. I'm sure it'll stay together now.
I just flew off my 40 hours today, feels good. A 2.5 hour flight, then ate,
refueled and 3 more hours. No problems at all, these really are great
engines. I'm still waiting for my muffler so I'm flying with straight
pipes. The only comment I got was "it sounds like a real airplane now".
I'll take the quiet anytime, it's much nicer flying with the muffler.
I'm off with the wife to my very first fly-in tomorrow morning, it's been a
long time coming. Boy I hope she likes our plane ;<}.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Meiste's" <meiste@essex1.com>
Subject: Stratus-List: Motor Mounts Again
> --> Stratus-List message posted by: "The Meiste's" <meiste@essex1.com>
>
> Just one more word of caution for you Stratus pilots ..... watch that top
> right motor mount carefully! I believe I just broke the record (and mount)
> for the fastest cracked motor mount. Mine just cracked at only 78 hours!
The
> crack is identical to Bill Morelli's ( see his photos here
>
http://homepages.together.net/~billvt/Engine%20Mount%20Crack/Engine%20Mount%20Crack.htm )
> but not as long as his.
> To repair it I sandblasted the bracket, added a doubler plate similar to
> Bill's on both sides of the bracket. And to prevent a second failure like
> Bill shows in his photos I added a bottom corner gusset to tie it
together.
> I have also painted the bracket white as I did my firewall engine mount
from
> ZAC. As it's really hard to see a crack developing under a dark colored
> powder coating. And like Bill I swapped the wimpy thin finder washers
(front
> side only) with a nice thick washer, as mine was very dished after only 78
> hours.
> I plan to reinstall the mount tomorrow but I will take a few photo's of my
> repaired bracket if anyone is interested in seeing my fix.
> One side note about this, I fly my plane at very low RPM's normally about
> 3,800 to 4,000 max. And on take off I still only use about 3/4 throttle,
so
> if looks like babying the RPM makes no difference.
>
> Kelly Meiste
> 601 HD
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Motor Mounts Again |
--> Stratus-List message posted by: "The Meiste's" <meiste@essex1.com>
> I just flew off my 40 hours today, feels good. A 2.5 hour flight, then
ate,
> refueled and 3 more hours. No problems at all, these really are great
> engines
Hi Gary,
Congrats on hitting the 40 hour mark! How's your temps now?
I'll try sending you a few photo's of my repair tomorrow.
Kelly
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