I got my redrive from Tracy and installed it on the engine to check
the fit of everything. If you are planing on using one rad under
the engine ask Tracy to make a redrive plate with the starter
on the exhaust side rather than on the bottom as shown. I have
and I am waiting to here from him on this :-). It will give you
more room for the rad.

Paul Lamar

Mike Wills wrote:

Hi Paul,

  I have Tracy's original RD1 prototype (he sold it to me when he put the
new RD1A on his airplane). It too has the starter located at the bottom and
I also would like to relocate it to the exhaust side. I sent Tracy an email
a month or so ago asking if he could make a new plate but he hasnt gotten
back to me yet. I assume he is too busy trying to produce a bunch of RD1As
to fit in any special requests. Tracy, if you can provide drawings that can
be modified (preferably autocad or DXF) I'd be happy to make the necessary
drawing changes and have a plate CNC machined locally. I'm sure Paul and I
arent the only ones interested in this as an option.

  Looking forward to seeing both of you at Copperstate next weekend. Maybe
there will be enough of us from the email list to have a little get
together for dinner or something.

Mike Wills

If we can get a few people together on this plate it will cut our cost.
Course it is better if Tracy does it as he is already set up buying
material and only minor set up changes would be necessary in his jigs 
and fixtures. Another possibility is have them hydrojet cutout. I think
we could save a bit of weight with some low stress material removed.
I am also thinking of moving the front motor mounts up to that plate.
I need to make a few calculations on this however.

Sure. I will have a car as the flying position fell through.
Perry and Tracy will both try to make it.

Paul Lamar
 
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