Paul--Have not taken any photos of the RV-3 engine compartment as everything
in it is an ugly, crude mess at this stage.  But billet mounts for center
housing attach are presentable.

If we do the fly-in you can get what you need then or swing by regardless on
way to Arlington.  If none of that works out, I can take some photos for you
later.  Now up to my elbow in fiberglass on the new cowl now so it is
located exactly in place; then can proceed with cutting and welding the
inconel exhaust bends.  Very tight fit with that snug cowl.  Had to add an
ugly ass blister to the exhaust side to get adequate clearance to come out
of exhaust ports and make bends while clearing the mount tubes.  That's one
of the hassles of the old mount.  The new cowl blister is just clecoed in
place so I can add and remove for checking routing and clearance of bends
there out of the ports during fitting and fabrication.  With Alan's RV-3 we
could route pipes very close to the aluminum cowl we built for it. Had to
get more clearance with the fiberglass version so that's why the blister.
Even with it I want to build a thin stainless heat shield enclosure around
the exhaust pipes to provide safety margin.  Am experimenting with a yet
untested and different ball joint arrangement for the exhaust.  And pipes in
front of heat exhanger baffles need the enclosure so radiant heat does not
warm up air before it goes through heat exhangers.  So right now up to my
elbows in fiberglass resin with the cowl.  You flying up or taking the
commercial?

Steve Beckham.

I'll stop in on the way to Arlington. I'll fly UAL to
Portland and rent a car. I like driving so I will drive up
to Arlington and stop in at Brian's to get some shots of
his RV. I'll then drive back and return from Portland Via
UAL. Hopefully Ken, Tom and Perry will fly in to Aurora.

I have these shots of the new Power Sport mounts.
They are a bit high for use with Tracy's and Ross's planetary
gear boxes.

Paul