The company developing the electric drive chain sent over a model the size of the new drive and with the mounting plates. The aim of this is to work out how to mount it before we are manhandling a motor weighing over 100kg!
We went out looking for shock absorber mounts and found two alternatives - one 5cm and one 7cm high. We thought the 7cm would be the right ones.
We took out the old mounting rafters and turned them around to become rafters for the new drive.
The motor is normally mounted centrally in the engine room, but our engine room is offset to the port side due to being a centre cockpit ketch, hence the motor needs to be mounted offset. So... to check alignment we bolted a piece of timber to the suspension mounting plates and hey presto... looks great... couldn't do it that easily with the real thing so the polystyrene mockup is proving its worth!
What we did find was that the 5cm shock absorbers would probably be the right size, much to our pleasure.
Now the amazing bit. We removed the model and put a wood dowel in the front to simulate the drive shaft and it lined up perfectly. Couldn't have fitted better.
Now that made a very encouraging day. Now we just wait for the real thing!
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