Roger Yeomans

hello

here goes for another try!

Yes Please.

Count me in the comp.

Hello Steve and Phil . I have wound the bolts in , they just make it to bottom of mount. Do you reckon this will be strong enough?.There isno room to wind a nut on .Obviously I have never flown it or any other plane, so chances are I'll crash it but would like to make sure it's safe.My grand children will probably be there , and wanting a try.I also have a Topgun Piper Cub [ 80" scale ] , that was alot more expensive, hopefully it'll be a better model to put together. I thought I'd learn on the 'star and save some money,if you know what Imean. Let me know if you think I'll get away with my current fixing.I need all the help I can get. I have some plans for a VERON glider from late 50s early 60s if anyone is interested[ details on request ] . Thanks for your help. Cheers.

Hello Ernie Hello M,Lud.Yes the engine mount is plastic. The prolem with longer bolts is the nuts won't seat flat and square because of angle on underside of engine mount,I'm concerned that they will work loose.Any other ideas. Thanks Chaps.

Hello Ernie . Thanks for that. Trouble is I drilled holes to 2.5mm and screwed in the bolts before I realised they are too short. So now I won't be able to use self tappers, will I?.If I use thread lock I'll never get the engine out should I need to.The only solution I can think of, is to drill out the engine mount [ underneath ] to take bolt head . This will reccess the bolt head , makeing it in effect longer and hopefully seat it flat , enabling a nut to be screwed on the top. What do you think?. Cheers Roger .

I have problems mounting SC46 to my Arisingstar.Following the instuctions I mounted engine 11.2cm. from fire wall useing 3x25mm bolts as per instuctions { bolts not in kit or engine box , a bit naff } . The bolts come out at the back of mount on an angle piece of mount . The back bolts are then too short , the front ones wont take nut because of angle of mount. Seems a bit of a mess, more so when you consider that plane is a trainer for beginners such as myself. any suggestions?.Cheers Roger.