Dalton's Hull Build

[Dalton]

Where do you have your holds? With the length of my handlepole it's actually not comfortable to stand much further back.

 

[air blair]

 

[Dalton]

Your tray looks a bit shorter than mine I think that might exaggerate the difference in placement. How long is your tray?

 

[air blair]

Short tray but on my superjet builds i put rear hold way back for carving and pancake pete holds upfront which your holds look better

 

[Dalton]

Needs wet sanding, more coats of paint and some blemish touch ups. I'm not going crazy with a polyester or epoxy primer with this plug since I just want to get back on the water at this point.

 

[Nate_D]

I like it. I definitely think you should go with a tube style pole. IMO if the pole sits above the lines, it looks best when it contrasts. Flat hood, round handle pole.

How are you going to create the hood liner plug?


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[Dalton]

Do you have any idea of how to do that with glass or carbon? Or are you thinking aluminum tubes and base?

Right now I'm thinking I'll make a male liner plug inside the finished hood shell. That'll be the easiest way and will let me test fit it on the ski to be sure it clears everything.

Gel coated!

 

[Nate_D]

Aluminum would probably be easier.

Take some detailed pics for me along the way. I probably won't start on a liner for awhile.


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[Nate_D]

No (little) flange around the front? Is there a gap between the bottom and the hood in the bottom left corner or it just the lighting?


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[Dalton]

Yeah this was the biggest mirror I had laying around besides a couple ping pong table sized ones. I plan on extending the flange after the rest of the mold is done.


The hood angles down towards the center and lifts it off the mirror which is what I think you are seeing. The perimeter of the hood is joined to the mirror with plasticine clay so there are no gaps.

 

[Dalton]

Hand laid the hood. Weighs 5 pounds without liner and rough trimmed.

 

[air blair]

Looks nice, SHARP!!

 

[Nate_D]

Nice!


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[j0hnny]

looks like it would impale something lol. love it man.

 

[cookn]

I see so much work put into square nose hoods these days. I did this three years ago and it's still working great. Cut the bottom 6 inches off the stock hood flipped it over on a piece of glass and laid up inside of that. Two vent tubes glassed on the inside sucking from the back

 

[Dalton]

Nice! That's definitely the simplest SN hood mod I've seen. I went all the way with mine, shaping a plug and creating a mold, because I'm going to be using the mold to create another foam plug to use for the hood for revision two of the prototype. It's no longer a SN hood at all. Every dimension is different. The curve on the side panels is changed and nothing else was kept from the SN hood.

@j0hnny yeah gotta be extra conscientious of other riders on this thing!

 

[air blair]

looks like it would impale something lol. love it man.

I did a backflip early in the morning off a wave in virginia. Full throttle ripped right out of my hands. I ski was 20 foot up and i tumbled.it landed inches from me. Im still scared of impalement.

 

[Dalton]

^^^Yikes! Maybe I should start wearing two vests when riding this thing...

 

[air blair]

Na, just dont be lazy like me. Stear fishing subs would be cool though

 

[amitchell]

Hand laid the hood. Weighs 5 pounds without liner and rough trimmed.
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Reminds me of Sam the Eagle from the Muppets.