Radio Control: Pylon Racing

Contrary to some instruction sheets for the installation of your cowl and motor mount, first fit the cowl to the airplane, and then fit the engine and mount into the cowl. There are a few advantages to this system. You can get the cowl placed in perfect relationship to the fuselage and the opposite cheek cowl without having to guess where the engine will be. When you begin to install the engine mount, you will have a full-size access hole under the cheek cowl to work with instead of one that leaves room for error and makes it much more difficult to pull the engine and mount in and out.