FX1/144mm Bottom Replacement

[Bonzia Bob]

Try the scat swirl 12/17, it woke ours up. Nice to see it on the water, now if we could just get the FX-66e done:thinking:

To describe the boat in 1 word....SICK. The water temp yesterday was in the low 40's,:bigeyes: so there was no messing around there. My .5mm JP wetsuit felt like a windbreaker. The motor ran really strong for the brief carb adjustments. The pump is awesome! I think I need go lower on the pitch spread, 13-18 seems a little to tall. Right out of the hole it is a little sluggish where I would like more zip. (85mm nozzle with the shortest Wet Wolf shuttle). This thing is WAY faster top end than my old boat that did like maybe 51-52 mph.

And no, I didn't go swimming.:cheer:

 

[onesojourner]

now that was one impressive read. good job.

 

[Flash-FX]

Thanks....So far it's been a long cold winter and refined carb tuning/testing has been put on the back burner. Soon..hopefully, very soon I will be able to post some hull handling reports.

Thanks for the tip Bob. Are you using a mag pump with a 12-17 swirl? I bought the 13-18 because it looked like most guys found it to be a good all around pitch. One of the problems with the low end response (on the first ride) turned out to be a overly rich low end pop-off setting. The Full Specs were said to have been 'pre-set' and ready to run. :bs2: . BTW, what's with the cad plated carb base screws from Full Spectrum?

 

[meatball]

just read all this for the first time, and all I can say is WOW! I just recently got up on vacuum bagging. Seeing all this is really making me want to get a junk sqaure and making a carbon copy. If you dont mind sharing, would you mind PM'ing me how much you had into materials for the mold and hull you popped out? (consumables and epoxies, btw, how much epoxy did you use for the hull?, glass, carbon etc.)

I'm really curious and would love to try making a 2-part mold for a sqaure next winter.

Please lemme know, I'm dying to know, and really wanna try this sometime

Also, just a question, why epoxy? As far as I've read, polyester is 90 percent as good, and 5 times cheaper. Secondary bonding on the stock hulls requires it, but since YOU made the hull, why epoxy? Just curious, seems like it would save a lotta cash.

Thanks a ton! GREAT read as well!

 

[Flash-FX]

Here's some interesting reading material for the guys that want to mess around with the molding process. :sneaky: PVA is like a double edged knife at times. But when you figure out how to apply it correctly, it's good stuff. :cheer:

 

[GeordieBoyKel]

Wow... Just WOW... That is one mad ski... Very Impressive..! Well done fella...

 

[LIVE2RIDE Powersports]

If it ever comes up for sale, i will drive to buy it.

 

[Flash-FX]

I will be at the 09 Daytona freeride along with the FX-1 guys...stop by.

 

[Roo]

I will be at the 09 Daytona freeride along with the FX-1 guys...stop by.

You really need to show off that little hood project of yours! :sneaky:

 

[Flash-FX]

You really need to show off that little hood project of yours! :sneaky:

Roo, did you see this from last year? http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/32056 I really didn't get into all the mold/plug details, but who cares about that anyway. It's been almost a year and it's still looking good (no more latch issues...yea!).

 

[Roo]

Roo, did you see this from last year? http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/32056 I really didn't get into all the mold/plug details, but who cares about that anyway. It's been almost a year and it's still looking good (no more latch issues...yea!).

We all care! :cool2:

You emailed me pictures of the process back in the spring, most impressive! I totally over looked that post though!

My project fell apart... when my house fell apart. Late winter/early spring was a disaster for me.

 

[Fro Diesel]

sick build. Took me an hour and two beers to finish. I will stop by at daytona. You Jersey guys always have some interesting stuff going on.

 

[FxOne]

do you still have the mold?

 

[Flash-FX]

do you still have the mold?

Yep, It needs a little clean up. Still experimenting with some other stuff too.

 

[Mark Gomez]

I just looked through this build... its off the hook! holy crap amazing stuff man. WOW

 

[dbrutherford]

Man I can't believe I missed this thread two years ago. I would really like to make my own hull one day...

 

[BruceSki]

we were parked next to you guys on saturday at daytona.


there are a lot of little touches on your fx-1's that took a while to notice..

i spent a while just staring. really nice skiis in the jersey fx-1 mafia.

 

[Flash-FX]

we were parked next to you guys on saturday at daytona.


there are a lot of little touches on your fx-1's that took a while to notice..

i spent a while just staring. really nice skiis in the jersey fx-1 mafia.

I just caught this...The Long Island guys are cool....I was freezing Saturday.

Some latest enhancements...Multi-layer, full length sponsons.

 

[JoeD]

Cool, how does it handle with the new multi layer sponsons?

 

[Flash-FX]

So far good. It's tough to judge when "putting" around in choppy surf. But, they seem to make the ski feel lighter because the ride height is higher. I made them a couple of days before Daytona...