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Super Jet LegDrag Lightweight SuperJet Build
- Thread starter MikeyB
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- amarillo ,tx
I posted some pics on my build of some cf i laid, go look and tell me what u think
Well after a crazy last couple of weeks I finally graduated from college! What a relief!!!
Here's a final pic of the FSAE car before getting back into the jet ski stuff. Overall we had a good time racing but battled to pass noise and missed some dynamic events as a result, had a wheel get cracked and then ended up busting the chain during the final event. Body looked good though and had some positive feedback on it!
Started getting back to work on the hull earlier today. Found some more issues, but it is what it is...
There was a single layer of kevlar throughout the engine bay and I discovered that it was not bonded very well. Started picking at it and pulled it up around some of the mounts and under the kevlar and some glass I found wet foam that appears to have been used to level out the bottom of the hull for the scuppers. Wondering if water got in through the holes for the mounts and after freezing through the winter opened some of this stuff up...anyways I basically just went crazy and ripped out anything that was ugly or not adhering properly. Too bad I wasted a bunch of time prepping the engine bay before for reinforcement, could have spent that time ripping all this crap out! Oh well...just a little more stripping to do and it will be time to start fresh. I also pulled the exhaust tube out and I'm planning on running new cooling lines. Thinking about ditching the scuppers as well and just cutting out the channels for them and glassing over the openings in the bulkhead.
Here's a final pic of the FSAE car before getting back into the jet ski stuff. Overall we had a good time racing but battled to pass noise and missed some dynamic events as a result, had a wheel get cracked and then ended up busting the chain during the final event. Body looked good though and had some positive feedback on it!
Started getting back to work on the hull earlier today. Found some more issues, but it is what it is...
There was a single layer of kevlar throughout the engine bay and I discovered that it was not bonded very well. Started picking at it and pulled it up around some of the mounts and under the kevlar and some glass I found wet foam that appears to have been used to level out the bottom of the hull for the scuppers. Wondering if water got in through the holes for the mounts and after freezing through the winter opened some of this stuff up...anyways I basically just went crazy and ripped out anything that was ugly or not adhering properly. Too bad I wasted a bunch of time prepping the engine bay before for reinforcement, could have spent that time ripping all this crap out! Oh well...just a little more stripping to do and it will be time to start fresh. I also pulled the exhaust tube out and I'm planning on running new cooling lines. Thinking about ditching the scuppers as well and just cutting out the channels for them and glassing over the openings in the bulkhead.
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ouch that would suck
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Wasn't this thread just locked like an hour ago??
looking good so far btw.
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looking good so far btw.
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Yea I was thinking about starting a new one now that Im actually making some progress on the hull and not just dragging things out for 6 months lol
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- amarillo ,tx
Wow thats one hell of a chop, why it get locked
I was going to have it deleted in order to start a new one with fresh progress, but the boss man wanted to keep it around just for information purposes so I decided to just keep it all together.
The chop starts at 3.5" on the inner top edge and increases to 5" on the inner bottom edge with a 1" taper to the outside.
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- amarillo ,tx
Nice whos boss man
The admin
uppy_dog_eyes:Did some more cutting today!
Ran out of cutoff wheels for my dremel so I'll have to grab some more tomorrow and finish the other side. After that I need to finish pulling the rest of the kevlar reinforcing out of the nose and the bottom of the tray area.
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looking good
Thanks dude!
Still have to finish cutting the other side but I spent some time cleaning out my garage today and stripped everything else from the scuppers out from the bottom of the tray. Hopefully after a couple more hours of work Ill be able to start prepping for new material to get laid down. I decided I'm not going to do the rocker after all, too many setbacks and I'm eager to get on the water.
Once you get an edge lifted most of this reinforcement pulls right out. Its almost like the surface wasnt prepped for anything that was put in after the decks were bonded. The base layup for each deck is really solid, except the top deck is on the thin side.
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- amarillo ,tx
Thats crazy some of the carbon i laid did that i sanded it real good it must of lifted on me somehow
Well after a crazy last couple of weeks I finally graduated from college! What a relief!!!
Here's a final pic of the FSAE car before getting back into the jet ski stuff. Overall we had a good time racing but battled to pass noise and missed some dynamic events as a result, had a wheel get cracked and then ended up busting the chain during the final event. Body looked good though and had some positive feedback on it!
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Great work on the LTU car, I too go here and am currently sitting in class actually.
I'm finishing up my Master's in Information Systems. I am on the nerdy side of the campus lol, and don't get to play in the fun engineering shops/classes.
Good for you man! I would really like to come back for a Masters one day as well.