ChiefPilot
Well Known Member
Now that my wings & gear weldments are installed, I decided to move onto the engine mount. Unfortunately, it's one challenge after another .
Of the six holes pre-drilled by Van's, I can only get four of them to match the engine mount i.e. I can only fit bolts through the 1/4" holes at corners of the engine mount. The middle two holes along the bottom are so far off I think I need to just replace the gussets and redrill.
My question is this - in order to get the four holes to match up enough to get the 1/4" bolts through the 3/8" holes in the engine mount, I need to flex the mount a bit. Not a whole lot, but the engine mount seems like something I don't want to pre-stress. Am I correct in this assumption, or is it ok to flex the engine/nose-gear mount enough to get the bolts in place?
Thanks!
Of the six holes pre-drilled by Van's, I can only get four of them to match the engine mount i.e. I can only fit bolts through the 1/4" holes at corners of the engine mount. The middle two holes along the bottom are so far off I think I need to just replace the gussets and redrill.
My question is this - in order to get the four holes to match up enough to get the 1/4" bolts through the 3/8" holes in the engine mount, I need to flex the mount a bit. Not a whole lot, but the engine mount seems like something I don't want to pre-stress. Am I correct in this assumption, or is it ok to flex the engine/nose-gear mount enough to get the bolts in place?
Thanks!