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

Perry Mick wrote:

A Schertz beam for the Long-EZ would require the rubber bushings to be
placed as close to the engine as possible on both sides.
Some of the engine mount drawings I've sent Paul in the past have some
dimensions on them. Here is my latest design from about a year ago,
using the 13B-REW rear hardpoints. (My next engine may be a REW for the
rear housing and thrust bearings and maybe PPorts)

Perry

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