> Tracy Crook wrote:

  > Yes, the bolt pattern obstruction is my main objection to the spark
plug
  > side starter mount.
  >
  >  I do understand the possible interfearence with a cooling inlet
under the
  > prop hub (so why not an inlet beside the prop hub?) but no one has
shown me

  > how a radiator can practically fit where a six o-clock starter
goes.  I've
  > been staring at my -4 with the cowl off for a couple of days now and
I
  don't
  > see a way to get one there unless it were very short or angled so
much that

  > it extended below the lower cowl.  I could be wrong about this but I
urge
  > all builders to MAKE AN ACCURATE DRAWING before commiting to any
given
  > configuration.
  > Also  note that the Ross starter was intended to be at 6 o-clock
because
  > they assumed the engine would be mounted "plugs-up".
  >

But Tracy, that's only on an RV-4, on the Long-Ez there is nowhere else
to
put radiators except under the engine, that's where mine are.  Paul also
has
several other drawings for different planes showing rads under the
engine.
I'd like to see it on the plugs side because I might buy one someday :)
Actually the stock position is in the lower left corner as looking at
the
flywheel side of the engine, below the level of the plugs, just above
the
oil pan.  That would help the other pusher guys also.

--
Perry J. Mick
Duckt N7XR
http://www.ductedfan.com

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