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Pine asks about the best place for the hydraulic powerpack and hardpoints...



I put the unit behind the passenger seat on my 360.  This was recommended by

Orrin at Lancair.  It has turned out to be a blessing since you have to monkey

with the installation, plumbing, wiring, testing etc.  quite a bit.  Getting

back behind the baggage bulkhead to do all these  things would be a real

stinker.  Othe benefits are that the wiring and plumbing are a little shorter,

easier, lighter.  Depending on how you want to orient the unit, you'll need to

fabricate a small bulkhead to mount the pump against.  I cut a hole in the

seat

for an access panel so that I can get at the system.  You'll see all this when

you get to that point.  



Concerning hard points, you have a good idea.  Shape doesn't matter, just

distribute the loads in a reasonable manner.  I generally did mine with the

dremel and jig sawed the phenolic but you have a good idea.  



Somebody else mentioned replacing the nose gear gas strut on the IV when it

gets

easy to compress.  On the 360 the procedure is to test the free fall

capability

in-flight with the pump disabled.  If the strut doesn't push the nose gear

down

against slipstream, replace it.  Does the IV not have this procedure?



A list of max. bolt torques is provided in the Lancair 360FB builder's

manual in

the engine installation chapter (21 I believe).



Ed de Chazal

Rochester, Michigan