Hydraulic Pump Mount

The factory supplied pump has two [2] tapped holes for mounting located on the base. It is a given that the pump will have to be removed at some time, so accessible mounting holes are required.

Factory Installation

Pump Chassis

Flying Legend supplies an aluminium chassis to mount the pump on but when the builder tried to fit it it was found that it would not fit under the control tube and there was no way the safety wire was going to be cut - Plan B.

Plan B
It was decided to create a stand alone chassis for the pump and the attached photos shown the method. A piece 120 mm wide was cut from the factory chassis and reinforced using extruded aluminium angle fixed to the chassis with M3 x 6 pop rivets. 

A set of M5 Rivet nuts were installed to secure the feet of the pump.

A series of lighting holes was added as I felt guilty using 1.5 mm angle and I have the faring tools.

Pump Feet
Two [2] aluminium feet were fabricated from 25 x 25 x 1.5 mm aluminium extrusion. These had to be scalloped to clear the pump motor and reservoir. 

All the M5 screws to mount the brackets to the feet were left from the control installation.

Pump feet installed with M5 s/s cap head screws and spring washers
Note: A larger scallop was required to clear the reservoir
The base mounting holes are clearly seen in this imiage

Finished assembly

Comment: Doing it again the feet would be made at the reservoir side and angle moved to the underside to clear the screws. The feet could have been a flat plate but countersunk screws were required and were not available on the day.