- Location
- South Florida
Maybe bend it?
Custom/Hybrid Ground up stunt build
- Thread starter chad
- Start date
- Location
- Cheney lake Kansas
I have some thick as$ padding that I will use for the pole.(from HT).. I had thought about bending the pole like mcdog said ..... prolly just run the thick pad for now .
sjetrider
615 Freeriders are addicted to T1 madness.
- Location
- in the 615 (Nashville)
All I can say is PROPS to you Chad. Your time and dedication along with yours and the other KS boyz skilz may make this a nice boat.
Fill us in on the weight when ya get er done will ya.
Fill us in on the weight when ya get er done will ya.
- Location
- Cheney lake Kansas
Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
Holy Crap. 385 lbs
- Location
- Pueblo, CO
...with chad standing on itholy crap. 385 lbs
the WaTeRhAwK
fryin' up a/m electrics..
- Location
- okc
looks good. you should install drain plugs like matt_e did. those wide cuts of foam look like they will work well. good job.
- Location
- Cheney lake Kansas
- Location
- Cheney lake Kansas
...with chad standing on it
I am aerodynamic!
Rickster
Matakana Menace
- Location
- Bay of Plenty, NZ
OK, lets think about this...
I have twisted my x-metal pole learning to roll, and you are saying there is no torsional stress in the bracket area?
I beg to differ, and would not trust countersunk screws into fiberglass.
Chad, good looking build you have there, I'll be checking in to see it finished.
WaveDemon
Not Dead - Notable Member
- Location
- Hell, Florida
he glassed in the whole bracket, I think he's got a better shot at making this work than people are giving him credit for.
Rickster
Matakana Menace
- Location
- Bay of Plenty, NZ
I saw that, and I agree that glassing it in will help.
I was mainly commenting on Aaron's comments about 99% of the forces pulling the bracket area outwards...
Pretty sure he said he glassed the area underneath flat and was not glassing the bracket in...only using bolts.
Let's be honest though... all of these hulls are a shot in the dark. It may work, it may not. How many years after the SJ came out did someone think to run foamless without any real issues? Who would've guessed that 1/8" steel pole bracket would be holding up as well as they are?
The only thing the owner of a new hull can do is use experience and their own judgement on what the best course of action will be for everything that isn't the norm.
- Location
- Cheney lake Kansas
I agree . well put John !
I did NOT glass the bracket in , it is being held to the hull with bolts...
I dont think most people understand, the back 2 bolts are now running through almost an inch of fiberglass, and the front 2 have at least half an inch. This is the thickest part of the ski. the ride plate is not as thick as the the nose of this ski.
I did NOT glass the bracket in , it is being held to the hull with bolts...
I dont think most people understand, the back 2 bolts are now running through almost an inch of fiberglass, and the front 2 have at least half an inch. This is the thickest part of the ski. the ride plate is not as thick as the the nose of this ski.
- Location
- Cheney lake Kansas
Yesterday I installed the fuel filler.
it just barely fits , and it pretty much fits exactally in that spot( the tank and filler)
the problem I have run into now is the control cables...
Aaron I have to apoligize to you ... after your comment it really got me thinking .
What if .. I drilled ( with my Kansas drill) through the bottom horizontal tube, then I could either drill or use an end mill bit and open up the bottom of the tube. which would allow the cables to exit directly under the pole and have less of a chance to bind or break. The last pic theres a red circle where I am thinking...
the cables would be out of the way of the fuel filler aswell.
Thoughts??
it just barely fits , and it pretty much fits exactally in that spot( the tank and filler)
the problem I have run into now is the control cables...
Aaron I have to apoligize to you ... after your comment it really got me thinking .
What if .. I drilled ( with my Kansas drill) through the bottom horizontal tube, then I could either drill or use an end mill bit and open up the bottom of the tube. which would allow the cables to exit directly under the pole and have less of a chance to bind or break. The last pic theres a red circle where I am thinking...
the cables would be out of the way of the fuel filler aswell.
Thoughts??
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I agree with drilling the bottom of the horizontal tube for the cables. I'm not sure whether one hole or two would be better though but you'll obviously have to address water intrusion. However, I do think that the best place for the hole will be pointing straight down when the pole is about halfway between your limiting rope position and when the pole is on the hood. That way the cable isn't doing that much bending beyond it's nuetral position in either direction.
- Location
- Cheney lake Kansas
