Raven (kitfox 2/3 clone) restoration

[knuckled62]

I am new to the forum and am in the process of restoring a plans built Raven.
The original builder who has past on did a very nice job on the original build.
The plane has past through a few hands and is a little worse for wear.
It was originally powered by a 532 but the last owner bought a low time 582 blue head to go in it.
I have compared this plane to a model 4 1200 gross weight and they are very similar in everything except motor mount, cowlings, and flap mixer.
The mount is the thing that i need help with as i feel it positions the motor to high on the firewall.
I would love to hear from anybody who currently owns a model 2 or 3 to see some pictures of their engine mounting and possibly send me some pictures.
I am located 1 hour south of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and would be willing to look at any in southern Ontario.
any help would be appreciated.

[Esser]

The best guy I can think of is Dave Fisher in London. He goes by the handle kitfoxflyer on youtube. Looks like he ussually has a few model 2's and 3's kicking around his place.

[Av8r3400]

…and at least one Raven.

x2 to contact Dave.

[kmach]

Yep he was the first guy I thought of too!

[kitfoxSwede]

From what can be seen on the photo I would say that the motor seems to sit in about the right height. The propeller usually comes out slightly high in the round cowl you have and if anything it seems to sit a bit lower then usually. But that can be that the angle the photo is taken from plays some tricks and make ut look lower then it actually is.

PM me your email adress and I can send you some photos of my MkII.

[tommg13780]

Here's an example of a model 4 with Rotax 503. I think the engine dimensions are very similar if not the same as 582.