Doc and Jerry. Here is the prelim design.
The tubes from the lower end of the nose gear socket up to
the upper hard points are the breakthrough feature. This
supports the nose gear socket from rotating clockwise on
a hard drop in landing and still provides plenty of room
for a large oil pan  and a radiator and oil cooler mounted
under the engine. The tubes from the upper end of the nose
gear socket provide lateral support for the Schertz beam
and prevent the nose gear socket from rotating counter
clockwise (side view) in the event of a pot hole type load.
The engine has two degrees off set to the right and a 2.85:1
gear box must be used with this off set.
Only half the mount is shown.

Any comments?

Id really like to see the mount dimensions and approx  tube lengths if
available...  the design is just what Ive been thinking of doing with my
9A.  I appreciate all the efforts that have gone into this mount
design.  The only thing I see  missing is the rear mount location.

Mike Parker.

Here is what we usually use for the rear mount. Copy of the
Questair rear mount more or less. I got to add this stuff to the
web site some day. In fact I copied the whole idea from Questair.
Two big bushings under the CG of the engine and one small
rod end at the back where the load is very small.
Big advantage is one can adjust the downtrust angle for
max speed.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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