Floor Boards

[lamarglobe]

New QB 4 place builder here. Online plans says to ask for a copy of the floor board patterns. Does anyone have them and may I borrow them from you? Thanks, Lamar

[Mark Goldberg]

Hello Lamar. I can't seem to think who you are. Did you buy a kit from Bearhawk Aircraft? If not - whose kit did you buy? Mark

[Battson]

The QB kit comes with floorboards included?

[Zzz]

The QB kit comes with floorboards included?

Yep. Prior to taking delivery I asked this same question but was happy to see all the precut floorboards were included.

[lamarglobe]

I purchased kit #34 from a Gentleman in Seward. It is a vintage 2004 kit. So, the floor boards come with the kit? I guess I need to review what I have. If I cannot find them, does anyone still have plans or can they be purchased? Thanks.

[lamarglobe]

I checked my supplies, no floor boards. Guy I bought it from said that they were builder supplied due to your choice of metal or wood. Does anyone know where I might come up with these plans?
Thanks

[alaskabearhawk]

If that kit was Matt Jones's kit, be also aware it has the shorter 540 engine mount. Are you in Alaska?

[lamarglobe]

All is correct. Anchorage. Question, are you in Alaska and might you have the floor board plans? Also, I am aware that the mount is for a 540, but was not aware there is a shorter and a longer 540 mount. Is that indeed the case?

[alaskabearhawk]

I almost bought the mount from Matt because he was doing a Subaru conversion and didn't need it. There was the original length, one that was two inches shorter, then back to original. At that time Avipro made a small run of the shorter mount and that's what you have.

From 2007, Budd Davisson wrote: ​"Actually, the original mounts we supplied were made to Bob’s specs when he was concerned about the CG being too far forward with the 540 so he put out a note to everyone telling them to move them back 2”. Quite quickly CG was found not to be a problem, because just about everyone was building heavier-than-Bob airplanes (doesn’t everyone?) so a majority of the airplanes we’ve delivered have the original length mount."

The original (and current) mount adds two inches of valuable real estate between the engine and firewall.

I might have the patterns, but will have to look. My shop is quite messy these days!

[nichzimmerman]

I am planning on buying the 540 mount from a guy in NC...is there an easy measurement that can be made to distinguish a short mount from a long mount?

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