stuartasutherland Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Hi, I'm considering a set of the Viking motor mounts for my Thor 200 (Zenith). From the VikingPPG website they cost $104 inc postage. Anyone in the Uk dealing in these? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlwarren Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Hi stu Can I ask why ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartasutherland Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 The black ones currently on don't inspire me with lots of confidence. Very droopy, especially the top two. And I've already replace one that looked very ropey. Sent from my iPad using PMC Forum mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I think Vince at Custom Air http://www.custom-air.co.uk was importing them for a while a couple of years ago. I wanted to do the same as you Stu, for similar reasons, but the available Viking mounts available at the time didn't suit my Polini Parajet so I just had to carry on using regular mounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartasutherland Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 I see they have yellow ones now for Polini. Thanks Sent from my iPad using PMC Forum mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob999 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 This is my own personal experience and in no way meant to deter you...... BUT.... I replaced the normal black ones on my Moster Zenith. Vibration through the harness was very apparent and high frequency. After a half hour flight I landed to find that the 6 of the 12 allen bolts holding the bottom frame together had fallen out in flight meaning that I couldn't stand the machine upright. I checked every nut and bolt and several others were also loose. I spoke to the manufacturer who were sorry to hear of my experience and gave me an immediate refund. Those big black squishy motor mounts absorb an awful lot that more solid mounts will transmit to the frame. On the flip side, I think a lot of people have got on just fine with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartasutherland Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 Cheers Rob, I was only going to replace the black ones as they sag and look crap. I don't have a vibration issue as the Thor200 is very smooth anyway. Sent from my iPad using PMC Forum mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptwizz Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I think Rob's point was that if you replace your 'saggy' mounts with stiffer ones, you may have a vibration issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg18 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I have only recently replaced the mounts on my polini engined Parajet V2 because I thought they were sagging too much although they were like that when I got from new. It turns out that Parajet stock two varieties of the black mount, the soft one I had originally fitted and a firmer version. Both types were available in two lengths and I have to say having now fitted the firmer one it hardly saggs at all and there is no noticeable increase in vibration during flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom-vince Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Tested them, specs looked promising, looked great having red mounts. In flight though, no thanks, flying a Moster on poly mounts I couldn't see my friend standing in the garden due to the vibration in my eyes. 1 flight and i put rubber ones back on, all good again. If you have a really smooth heavy engine and its sagging, that is the only time I would consider poly mounts. If you haven't seen them, they are like skate board wheels. Not very soft. Not like the poly mounts on my car. Just for info, swapping the standard mounts on a front wheel drive tdi Audi over to poly ones dramatically reduces torque steer under hard acceleration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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