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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have the Focus II and installed the Hyde
Mount with the integral nose ring; the installation looks good. I
wouldn't try installing a nose ring to that removable cowl as the
cowl couldn't handle the stresses.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob Harden</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=billglaze@triad.rr.com href="mailto:billglaze@triad.rr.com">Bill
Glaze</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:22
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Icepoint Mount Mod</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Bob: <BR>I see the problem with the Icepoint. Can
sure be frustrating. I've also been wondering: <BR>I just got a
new Jerry Budd engine mount. Excellent job, well thought out.
Jerry, however, calls for a nose ring with the mount. How are the guys
handling a nose ring with a removable cowling, like the Focus? Seems to
me as if the cowl would tear loose from the fuselage if subjected to the
stress/vibration of a nose ring. I've had perfect satisfaction
from a Dave Brown solid mount, (cost the princely sum of $6) on my focus 1,
but I've still been thinking of retrofitting my Focus 2 before it's first
flight.<BR>How would you handle it? <BR><BR>Bill Glaze<BR><BR><BR>Bob
Pastorello wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In case there are any of you like me, who
aren't at a contest (and should be), and aren't flying (because we have
nothing ready).... here's the tale of tribulation on how much fun it is to
retrofit a flat firewall that is spaced way farther than it should
be....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.rcaerobats.net/Icepoint/Icepoint_Main.htm">http://www.rcaerobats.net/Icepoint/Icepoint_Main.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>Bob Pastorello<BR><A
href="http://www.rcaerobats.net">www.rcaerobats.net</A><BR><A
href="mailto:rcaerobob@cox.net">rcaerobob@cox.net</A></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>