Mounting Large Outrunner Motors

Written by Curtis Mattikow This easy method allows you to propel almost any model How-to As seen in the May 2009 issue of Model Aviation. With the inexpensive and powerful outrunner motors and Li-Poly batteries that are available nowadays, a new wave of larger models is being converted from glow to electric operation. All of these bigger aircraft come with beam mounts that are unsuitable for motors, and motors are usually considerably shorter than their glow-engine equivalents, so the motors can seldom be bolted directly to the firewall. A few large motor mounts are available…