A man deep in thought.
When I saw Joe staring at the drawings, I could tell he was facing a new challenge. So, should I give him a penny for his thoughts? I took a chance, "Hey, Joe, what are you doing?"
The problem.
Joe showed me the front of the fuselage where the motor mounted. Shown in the above photo is one of four heavy duty washers that are welded to the fuse for bolting to the motor mount. This works well for a motorized airplane, but will it work for the glider. Remember, we are building a glider from a motorized airplane.
Back of the washer and the tube welded to it.
The above photo shows the rest of the story. Yup, looks like a big bolt goes through the pipe and washer, then through the motor mount. But, what to do on a glider. The third seat has to attach here.
Glider drawing, oops.
This drawing shows the same attachment point on the glider. The assembly is quite different. Instead of bolts running fore-aft, they are transverse. Instead of four washers, there are eight plates, and the attachment is completely different--hmm, what to do?
Stay tuned . . . .
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