I am building an RV9-A, and will be using a 13B p-port. So I will
    need an engine mount.
         I am not sure what "I have a fixture that can accommodate any
    aircraft." means. Do you mean that you can supply an engine mount
    for an RV9-A?
         In any event, I am interested.
         Doc
    ddcuster at wmv-co.us
    719-783-0245

   Doc,  I can build a S-Beam rotary engine mount for just about  any
   aircraft.  For example the last two built were for an Acro Sport and
   the Bush Caddy.  To begin with, I need a drawing showing the hard
   points on the firewall where the engine mount bolt on.  These should
   be related to the engine thrust lines vertical and horizontal. In
   other words the top right attachment point is xxx distance above the
   thrust line and xxx distance to the right if the thrust line.  Also
   needed is the distance of the prop flange from the firewall.  This
   info should be in the RV 9 plans.  Would you be using the Renesis or
   the 13B?

    Once you gather this data, send it to me and CC to Paul Lamar who
   will design engine mount.  Paul does not charge for this service.
   The benefit is a properly engineered engine mount specific to  your
   installation.  Another advantage is that the design will become part
   of an archive that other RV9 builders will be able to use.
   Once you are happy with the design I will quote a price.
    Regards,  Jerry

Wonderful!

I will plan on you and Paul designing & fabricating the mount.

First I have to get an engine. And the airframe is nowhere ready for it;
I have to complete the fuse and then the finishing kit. And I need to
build a hangar at Silverwest airport.

I am working on it ~30 hours per week, so I expect sometime in late
winter or early spring I will need engine & etc. Also my grandson David
Allen Custer (we have the same first is helping on the weekends. He is a
senior in college.

In the meantime, I will go through the plans for the RV9-A and get the
data you need. There is reason to expect that the 9-A mount will fit the
6-A and 7-A. They have lots of common parts. And at least one vendor
offers a mount that is supposed to fit all three.

From what I have read and heard, I am pretty impressed with Tracy's
redrive. And I would like to have either a constant speed prop or at
least a controllable pitch prop. In any event I am open to suggestions
for a prop and the remaining firewall forward pieces.

When I -- I should say we -- manage to get the 9-A flying I would like
to post on the web a list of what was used -- sort of a firewall forward
map for the 9-A. And from whom it was purchased. I have a large aversion
to reinventing the wheel, or having someone else have to reinvent it. I
have received wonderful help from Paul and all the contributors to the
Rotary Engine list; I would like to contribute something to the
community of rotorheads.

I think I have located a possible source of wrecked Mazda RX-7s and 8s
(complete cars). I hope to get an engine at junk prices and overhaul it
myself. I have Tracy's manual and a DVD that demonstrates the process.
If this doesn't pan out, I suppose I will have to order one from Rupert
or ?.

I am really pleased and excited about how the rotary is coming together
for me.

Maybe someday we will be able to go to Van's and demonstrate the
superiority of the rotary over the piston. I believe negotiating a good
test protocol is very important. Not like the one that appeared in a
national magazine.

One can always hope.

Cheers

Doc



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