With my old motortube I used to fix the motor in place by cutting a 1" slit in the
tube end, and fixing two tiewraps around the tube. This used to be more then adequate to
keep the motor from shifting in flight.

However, the new heavy duty motor tube is very solid and very stif, which is a very good thing,
but because of the lack of flex I found that my old way of mounting the motor is not good enough.
The tiewraps cannot be tied tight enough for the tube to squeeze the motor in place and keep
it there, as I found out when I re-maidened my 'Corn after the renovations.

So, I went in search for a light weight solution, and I think I found it.
I started of by buying one of these universal fiberglass disks.

I drilled and rat-tail-filed cooling holes to fit my Mega, epoxied a short piece of carbon
flatrod covered by a short piece of carbon strip on either side, and made two seperate strips
also of epoxied CF flatrod and CF strips.

I then used a tiny drop of epoxy to glue the strips at a 90* angle to the disk.

Once both corners where cured, I epoxied a short piece of CF strip over the corner.

The idea is to attach the mount to the motor, slide the motor in the tube with the CF strips
on the outside of the tube, two tiewraps, and... fixed!

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