There is a limited market for cut down motor plates with no motor mounts. My
guess you will find less than five people willing to spend $250 to take out
2 or 3 pounds out of a flying example.

We need things with a higher priority than water pumps. The 2nd gen and 3rd
gen engines will become more scarce as times goes on and the RX8 pump is
fine as is. Also there is a light weight low cost aluminum cartridge already
available for the 2nd gen and 3rd gen pumps.

Now 15 pounds out of the gear box with a $1000 dollar saving is another
matter :)

Paul Lamar

Did you have Something specfic
In mind or were you just tossing out an ideal.

Clifton

I new light weight gear box design that takes the best features of the 30
pound Ross and
improves upon them. It also takes advantage of the recent drop in NC
milling cost to
lower the price and the weight. I am shopping for a supplier of some of the
harder to
make parts as we speak. It will bolt to Jeff's motor plate. Tracy's box is
about 40 pounds.

Paul Lamar
-- How about a version with a hollow shaft oil fed constant speed unit? That
would sell.
Marc Wiese

That would be something I would not be interesting in getting into right now due to the weight of the CS props. One has to choose the largest market possible when one gambles on a new product. If this one is successful in the market place well then maybe a CS version.

Paul Lamar

Paul I respectfully disagree. One of the biggest troubles for some systems, like a 20B RV-10 will be the lack of a CS prop. That is saying that a fixed pitch won't work at all but carrying enough pitch for cruse/top speed will lengthen takeoff distance by a significant amount.
Bill Jepson

Not if you start with a p-port 3 rotor. How many RV10 out there have 375 HP?


Paul Lamar