I am an aerospace engineering student, and for my final year thesis I am designing a kit to retrofit a 7GCBC Citabria with a Deltahawk diesel engine.
The original reason for this project was to find ways to reduce the costs involved in aerotowing gliders, but it could potentially have other applications.
For this project I need quite a bit of information about the current engine/engine mount, such as:
-Locations of OEM engine mount attachment to firewall
-Location of thrust axis of original engine installation
-Angle of thrust axis
-Distance of engine from firewall
Short of getting out a tape measure and level and removing the cowling from a Citabria, does anyone know where I might find this data? Would some of this information be in the maintenance manual?
The original reason for this project was to find ways to reduce the costs involved in aerotowing gliders, but it could potentially have other applications.
For this project I need quite a bit of information about the current engine/engine mount, such as:
-Locations of OEM engine mount attachment to firewall
-Location of thrust axis of original engine installation
-Angle of thrust axis
-Distance of engine from firewall
Short of getting out a tape measure and level and removing the cowling from a Citabria, does anyone know where I might find this data? Would some of this information be in the maintenance manual?