Patrol Engine Mount

[VentusA]

I'm looking for a source to quickly build an engine mount for a Patrol/IO 360 (ideally someone who has built one before!).
We've been ready to hang the engine for several months now, and really need to find someone to build us a mount.

[Utah-Jay]

Have you thought about buying one from Virgil?

[spinningwrench]

The Dynafocal engine mount I received with my Bearhawk Quickbuild kit was seriously off to the point it would not mount on the engine despite two A&P's helping me and struggling several hours with it. I ended up building one starting with a Dynafocal Ring from Aircraft Spruce. All bolts now go in with light finger pressure. I believe Virgil has addressed this problem but you might want a discussion first.

[VentusA]

Thanks for the inputs.

I've been speaking with Virgil for the last four months about this, and while he has been working on the problem, there are as yet no correctly fabricated mounts available (and no projected delivery date).

I'm to the point I really need to hang the engine, and Spinningwrench's suggestion to build one around the Aircraft Spruce Dynafocal Ring may be the best way to go...

[Steve W]

I think I may have found a factory mount available. Not sure if the mount was of the same batch that had trouble fitting to the engine. A buddy made a conical mount for Oriana Kononchuk and she still should have her kit mount available. If you have a scratch built fuselage I might suggest you build one for yourself. Scratch built parts are normally a “one of” when it comes to mating to factory built parts. There isn’t much you can do if it doesn’t fit other than cut and weld so you might as well go that route. Too bad the fuse isn’t bare to help with alignment. If you do go that way, may be a loaner case would help too rather than placing a fully assembled engine up front for the mockup. Also if you have access to a metal lathe, turn down some round stock and make up aluminum bushings that simulate the thickness of the compressed rubber mounts. I think they compress to a 2”’spacer.