I had Ed build me an oil pan with enough setback of both the front and
rear walls to allow 1"x2" .065  rectangular tubes to mount using the oil
pain bolts.  These tubes are very strong, light and avoid the heat and
weight issues of aluminum flanges. The pan is about 4" deep and holds 6
quarts.  A 13B pickup tube is a little over 3", reaches almost to the
bottom of this pan, and will fit on a Renesis engine with minimal
modifications.  Overall, this is a simple and inexpensive way to make a
'bed' type mount.

My rear (pusher) mounting tubes are relatively short, so they have
plenty of strength in all directions.  A longer engine-to-mount arm of
this same dimension would obviously need appropriate calculations to
assure it is strong enough.

Scott Gettings

Where da pictures ? - jofarr

I have them. Do you want to see them? That will cost you :)

Paul,
Any reason why a composite would not work for an oil pan?  It would not
be at all difficult to make a foam male mold and vacuum bag the pan and
flange out of graphite cloth and hi-temp epoxy.  We could even mold in
an s-beam if desired...???

Klaus has been flying a carbon fiber oil pan for about five years
or so on his O-200. High temp epoxy was used to mold it.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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