For anyone interested in following along, I'm working on my 9A in which I'll be installing a Honda 1.8L (aka Viking 150) with their "VIP" electric variable propeller and gearbox packages.
I'll say up front that I'm not retired and don't have a huge amount of spare time so who knows when this thing will fly, but building is half the fun of course.
Here's the block as-delivered with the gearbox and prop pitch actuator attached.
I went ahead and had Viking design a mount that incorporated the "new" elastomer gear leg and this is what they came up with. After reading through the mega-thread by @charosenz, I'd love any comments people have on it structurally. The tubing is 0.625" x 0.065" wall. (If anyone needs a stock Dynafocal I mount PM me...)
I'll say up front that I'm not retired and don't have a huge amount of spare time so who knows when this thing will fly, but building is half the fun of course.
Here's the block as-delivered with the gearbox and prop pitch actuator attached.
![2023-12-22-10-25-47-617.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Frv_blog.codenthings.com%2Fimages%2F2023-12-22-10-25-47-617.jpg&hash=0abd097e3616b68af781e2d55011c2f8)
I went ahead and had Viking design a mount that incorporated the "new" elastomer gear leg and this is what they came up with. After reading through the mega-thread by @charosenz, I'd love any comments people have on it structurally. The tubing is 0.625" x 0.065" wall. (If anyone needs a stock Dynafocal I mount PM me...)
![2023-12-28-09-33-44-004.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Frv_blog.codenthings.com%2Fimages%2F2023-12-28-09-33-44-004.jpg&hash=9ad7daac32b0b5cbcb806f89fba6e91d)