Jerry Hey wrote:

Paul,  I am going to build a Kiss Cruiser Schertz Beam engine mount.
Could you determine in your CAD program if the 32.5 inch (overall) beam
will clear the cowl?  BTW it does clear the Tailwind cowl by 1.5
inches.  Most cowls are more spacious than the TW.   Do you have a
drawing on hand of the Long EZE that you could check for same?   If it
fits the Kiss and the Long EZE, then it will fit anything.     Thanks,
Jerry

Jerry Hey
j-winddesigns@thegrid.net

I don't have a good 3D model of the Cruiser cowl. Best thing I could do is mock
it up with a piece of wood and see if my cowl fits over it. My guess is it would fit.
One point. The Schertz beam lowers the position of the rubber bushings relative
to the engine compared to the motor plate method so it might get them down in 
the area of the cowl that starts to curve under the engine. I assume that Bill 
Schertz's cowl fits over his Schertz beam. In that case it should fit. Bill 
is that true? 

BTW there are two cruiser cowls both Bill Schertz and I have the early short ones 
as I recall. I think there is a later longer one. Charlie what is the distance 
from firewall to prop flange on your Cruiser cowl? Also Charlie check these
Cruiser firewall mounting points dimensions carefully. Since Charlie is not
that far from you perhaps he can bring his cowl down.

I don't have much on the Long EZE. I'll check.

Paul Lamar
 
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