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I though I might as well start a thread for dumb questions as I get started on my SD2 "Resurrection" project. As I start piecing it together, some stuff is pretty obvious and some of it is quite perplexing. There is probably a simple answer in most cases.
DQ01 (first Dumb Question): I temporarily mounted the gear legs and determined that the axle centerline sits ~7.6" aft of the firewall. Know it's not the currently recommended 8" but hoping it is close enough. It looks like they may have started with a different geometry and then re-done the gear to achieve what was then the latest thinking. However, I have to wonder if they finished the job. There doesn't seem to be any place on the gear leg assembly to attach the bungee cords. Would anybody possibly have a picture of what the upper portion of the gear looks like where the bungees attach? Thanks.
DQ02: I suspect that my engine mount is "old thinking." It is 18" from the firewall to the mount sockets (where the rubber donuts sit on the mount). Understand the latest recommendation with an O360 is more like 26", right? So, is there anybody who makes engine mount for this thing?
DQ03: There are six bolts sticking up out of the top of the center section of the wing. I've attached a picture. They're big bolts. I've never noticed such a thing on any others. I just can't imagine what is supposed to attach to the TOP of the wing using these big old bolts unless maybe somebody had in mind to attach a wing-walker harness or something up there. Anybody got any better ideas??
Thanks.
DQ01 (first Dumb Question): I temporarily mounted the gear legs and determined that the axle centerline sits ~7.6" aft of the firewall. Know it's not the currently recommended 8" but hoping it is close enough. It looks like they may have started with a different geometry and then re-done the gear to achieve what was then the latest thinking. However, I have to wonder if they finished the job. There doesn't seem to be any place on the gear leg assembly to attach the bungee cords. Would anybody possibly have a picture of what the upper portion of the gear looks like where the bungees attach? Thanks.
DQ02: I suspect that my engine mount is "old thinking." It is 18" from the firewall to the mount sockets (where the rubber donuts sit on the mount). Understand the latest recommendation with an O360 is more like 26", right? So, is there anybody who makes engine mount for this thing?
DQ03: There are six bolts sticking up out of the top of the center section of the wing. I've attached a picture. They're big bolts. I've never noticed such a thing on any others. I just can't imagine what is supposed to attach to the TOP of the wing using these big old bolts unless maybe somebody had in mind to attach a wing-walker harness or something up there. Anybody got any better ideas??
Thanks.
