Yes, it turns "the other way."
From other builders of type, trying to bring the thrust line to the left results in a lot of work with little effect; but a little down angle is desired (about five degrees). Those with straight on mounts say it's not enough to make much of a difference, as in the end the plane is ground trimmed for cruise at the vertical stab.
One of the things that drew me to this particular plane is that it's sedate; apart from a few quirks owing to the free flying rudder they're analogous to a Champ - everyone who pilots these says Champ time is the best way to be prepared for them. I wouldn't say I'm a great pilot, but I can work the stick of a Champ pretty well in the air and all of my takeoffs and landings have been on pavement with a model that doesn't have the "no bounce" gear (so why don't they call it the "bounce gear?").
I was asked once why I've spent most of my time doing touch-and-goes, and my response was that's where the trouble lays in flying a tail wheel. That and it's my favorite thing to do in an aircraft, apart from flying down the river at 500 feet AGL.
The mount itself is a sort of double bar H placed on its side. The long ends run flush across the firewall and connect to bolts coming out of the longerons, and the vertical bars between them spaced to fit the back of a VW engine. One simply drills holes and runs bolts through them (or fits a nut at the longeron bolts). It's simplicity that's oddly beautiful by my way of thinking.
The starter will poke back from the engine, and rather than extend it outwards (which will have CG implications) I'll cut the firewall and make a box for it on the inside.
Changing subjects, I made a mess of the 7/8ths scale Lewis gun kit. It's formed PVC, and I mucked up cutting it out of the forms and mating the sides together. Naturally I fixed it to the point of being ugly, and no repair will make it anything other than ugly. So I bought some wood and will use it as a pattern for a replacement.
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