IMAC Dalton 300 ml build thread.

[Tseres]

Here is what I did for air vents on the bottom. I bought my plane used. It wa set up with tuned pipes before. I'm using cans now. I had some broken stringers from handeling. I had to fix things to suit my needs.



PS. Your going to love how the plane flies.

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[sparkx38]

Tseres;3787 wrote: Here is what I did for air vents on the bottom. I bought my plane used. It wa set up with tuned pipes before. I'm using cans now. I had some broken stringers from handeling. I had to fix things to suit my needs.



PS. Your going to love how the plane flies.

I like it.

 

[Dirt Doctor]

I used a bunch of fender washers to move the engine forward on my Dalton but an SWB 0 degree mount would be cool. I say 0 degrees because the Dalton has right thrust built into the firewall and the SWB mounts come in several different degrees.

 

[orthobird]

Tseres, thank you posting that. i will do very similar.

 

[orthobird]

I just made a calculation that the engine mount needs to be 4.3 cm thick. this i based on adding the length of the motor box with the engine to the prop hub front aspect, and then subtract the distance from the cowl back to front plus 5 mm.

 

[VSTANTON]

Looking good Cam!! Glad your posting the build. I'll be following to learn good tricks of the trade.

 

[BalsaDust]

Looks great.

 

[orthobird]

made the mount extension this morning, and came home and it is cured. tomorrow i will turn it over to my friend, Joe Ducharme, and he will finish it off for me.

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[murry]

That red 200 is nice !

 

[orthobird]

murry;5000 wrote: That red 200 is nice !

thanks Murry, As i was preparing to build my airplane, and reading the threads out there, it appeared that there was a tendency for the airplane, in some build threads, to come out nose heavy, i believe, by getting the magnesium case, this will reduce the nose weight by 1 and 1/2 pounds, i believe, compared to the standard 200.

the standard DA 200 weighs in at 10.95 pounds.





and i quote:

"Cambize,



The inner workings of all of the DA200’s is the same. The difference is in the weight of the motors. The DA200 light shaves weight off of the cylinders which saves ¾ of a pound. The magnesium goes further by substituting magnesium for the aluminum case which save another ¾ of a pound.



Thanks,

Desert Aircraft"







seems to me like the engine will weigh in at about



well, let me go weight it now!!



i will be back