I agree that the "depth" of this mount looks too thin just behind the
engine. The uppermost tubes are not far above the lowermost tubes. With
some sort of downward (or upward) force on the engine CG, these tubes
would be under a lot of compression and tension.

  Also, the lower tubes look _REALLY_ long. They don't have any sort
of brace in the center. Again, with a downward force on the engine,
these tubes might well buckle. What exacerbates this is that they might
also be subjected to bending as the engine flexes downward.

  It may be the perspective in the picture, but this mount looks like
trouble to me as well.

  If you are emotionally attached to this mount, and aren't willing to
give it up just on the speculation of others, you should at least proof
load it downward. This would not be terribly difficult to do.

  Bill D.

Thanks Bill. I particularly like the "emotionally attached"
part. :)

Paul Lamar

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