Quote Originally Posted by Darin Jordan View Post
Tony, not a bad idea, but that's still a pretty wide expanse to make rigid in that plane... You might consider doing something with some angle to "I-Beam" the mount instead... or simply make a couple of longitudinal braces for it to attach to the mount and down to the bottom of the hull... That's how I'd proceed... Then, once that was rigid, I'd cut those damn side pieces out and give myself some room in there without the lateral pieces spanning the interior... (In other words... I'd take that motor mount out and put in an OSE style one... )

But, that's just me... :D
Darin, I have tons of this cool angle stock & tried to figure a way to employ it. The CF reinforcing seems quick & workeable - the CF plate I have is quite thick and rigid as a [ insert metaphor , may use term Viagra if needed]. The bottom mount needs to have bottom deck really stiffened; it's very flexible.

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