Motor mount E-flite T-28/F4U/P-47 Motor Part#: EFL08252 / E-flite

[SirChavez]

Hey yall so I'm looking for someone to fabricate a metal or better mount in general for a power 15 motor from eflite. I talked to some 3d printing guy and he tried to scam me with a ridiculous price. Its going to my eflite 1.1 t28.

 

[Greywolf74]

Hey yall so I'm looking for someone to fabricate a metal or better mount in general for a power 15 motor from eflite. I talked to some 3d printing guy and he tried to scam me with a ridiculous price. Its going to my eflite 1.1 t28.

Its not cheap to have a one off part 3D modeled and CNC'd. I'm not sure what you were expecting but I thought about having this done with a gear once and it was so expensive I didnt bother.

 

[SirChavez]

Its not cheap to have a one off part 3D modeled and CNC'd. I'm not sure what you were expecting but I thought about having this done with a gear once and it was so expensive I didnt bother.

Well the thing is the guy said it was like 5/15 to make it, but he said to design itnwould be time consuming and he said after all itd be like 100/200 dollars. So i heard there was metal motor mounts for like 20 bucks. So thats what I've been looking for which i did find after i posted this
What i found for 20 and some change

 

[Greywolf74]

Awesome! Glad you found something.

Yeah, I got quoted around $160 which I thought was crazy cuz I had someone else 3D model the gear up in solid works but they were trying to tell me that they would still have to tweak the design etc etc. I was just like nvm...

 

[Doom!]

A metal motor mount is going to change your center of gravity quite a bit. Unless your crashing, the plastic mount should be fine. Even then it's cheaper to replace it several times.

 

[SirChavez]

Awesome! Glad you found something.

Yeah, I got quoted around $160 which I thought was crazy cuz I had someone else 3D model the gear up in solid works but they were trying to tell me that they would still have to tweak the design etc etc. I was just like nvm...

Yeah for sure man, my crazy thought about is that the plane is only worth $220. There was no way i was gonna put a motor mount as equal price of the plane hahaha. Thanks man me too!

A metal motor mount is going to change your center of gravity quite a bit. Unless your crashing, the plastic mount should be fine. Even then it's cheaper to replace it several times.

No doubt i have considered that for sure, the problem is that the thrust of the motor is breaking the plastic from just the regular vibrations. I've already gone through 5 of them in the past 2 months. I figured id pay a smidge more so itll never break. And ill just have the refigure the CG on it

 

[Doom!]

I had the same set up in my P-47 with a power15, I never had any probs. have you balanced your prop? I wonder if you could wrap it in fiberglass or something? It would keep the weight down while re-enforcing the mount.

 

[SirChavez]

I had the same set up in my P-47 with a power15, I never had any probs. have you balanced your prop? I wonder if you could wrap it in fiberglass or something? It would keep the weight down while re-enforcing the mount.

I always do, i use apc or recently a three blade prop which i havent had break yet but I'm not wanting to find out again also lol i think it also my reverse capabilities that may be also breaking the mount. I put a avion spektrum 60a esc which has reverse capabilities

 

[Doom!]

@SirChavez I suspect you are correct about the reverse.