Freestyle Operation stryker

[freestyle 650]

Thanks guys, yeah I plan to produce these hulls one I get all the little changes and mods done to make it perfect, im working on the gen2 molds now

 

[freestyle 650]

Once I had the flange on and the body blocked nice and strait I did a finish coat of primer and the waxed and pva to prep it for molding. Next I sprayed on the geal coat and then laid up the mold using stinky poly resin and bix fiberglass

 

[freestyle 650]

Now that I had the molds done, the next thing to do was to lay up some parts. The lay used an epoxy primer surface coat followed by a few layers of 1708 biax, I had planned to bag this layup, but I was shocked when the epoxy started to kick before I could finish the last layer of the biax, sooo this hull was just gonna have to be a wet laid glass/ epoxy. But dont worry I have a plan to slow the cure for future layups

 

[burton148]

That looks so good. Love how the back gunwells goes out to the bond line.

 

[tom21]

wow man! you are crazy, that is a lot of work. its pretty hard for someone who has not poured foam, bondo and sanded and sanded to infinity to realize what a ton of work that is. sanding til you have no fingerprints.

I hope it rides awesome.

 

[LimitedSlip7]

That actually looks pretty sweet... any idea on layups/pricing yet?

 

[tom21]

that name kept boucing around in the back of my mind...hit me just now. Stryker from airplane? lol too funny!

 

[freestyle 650]

that name kept boucing around in the back of my min
d...hit me just now. Stryker from airplane? lol too funny!

Thanks tom! Yeah I looked at alot of pics of the stealth bomber and lamborginis for design inspiration

 

[freestyle 650]

That actually looks pretty sweet... any idea on layups/pricing yet?

Not sure yet on the pricing and im still experimenting with the layups, the first hull was 65lbs glass/epoxy and has held up to everything us arizona boys could throw at it so far. Im gonna try to make the next one a little lighter and see if/where it fails

 

[XJCrawler]

The hull looks good! My only suggestion would be to move the hood opening forward more

 

[freestyle 650]

Top deck popped outta the mold much easier than the bottom deck did. The hood came out a little too thin and kinda sprung a little when it came outta the mold, so i had to add another layer to it while squashing it it in a jig to get it to fit a little better

 

[freestyle 650]

Set the motor in for a little mock up and there is tons of room to work in this thing. Next I had to foam the top half of the gun whales then glass over it to create a good surface that I could use to bond the decks together in the rear

 

[freestyle 650]

I threw the tripple I had out of my sxr in the hull just for fun, but the pipe wont clear the hood, so ill have to figure out what to do about that before I can do a tripple in one of these . Next I biult a bulkhead using 2 sheets of 1708 with a 4mm honeycomb core and trimmed it to fit the hull

 

[mydixiewrecked]

Show the finished product already! These guys will love it

 

[freestyle 650]

Next up was the plumbing, it went pretty smooth. I ran 3 cooling lines, trim, steering, driveshaft tube, scupper and exhaust. Also put in the inserts for the rideplate and pump and midshaft. Originally. I had planned to use a modified bolt on type scoop grate, but once I saw the built in ones, I thought it was such a great idea I just had to do it. The intake wing is made of 4 layers of glass and glassed in from both sides

 

[freestyle 650]

Show the finished product already! These guys will love it

I will get to it soon, it'll be worth the wait

 

[freestyle 650]

Next I decide to angle the tray under the footholds, this was more of a necessity for me because I have broken noth my ankles and one has less range of motion. This worked out very well and helps keep your feet from falling out of the holds as you are standing on a flat surface instead of a slope. Next I bonded the halves together using cabosil and uscomposites resin, because the us composites resing doesn't cure as hard and brittle as the other stuff I used for the layup

 

[freestyle 650]

After the decks we're bonded I went in and glassed the 2 decks together at the bond seam from the inside as well as glassed the top deck to the bulkhead. Then I stood it on its tail and foamed it using 2 part urathne foam. At this point the hull weighed 65lbs

 

[freestyle 650]

Next I installed the pump shoe and the pump, for the pump setup I went with a 155mm couch pump with a 11/17 E75 prop from impros along with a Epic pump cone of course and bored the nozzle to 90mm. The pump install went pretty smooth. Also did another mock up of the engine bay now that I had finally gotten my powerfactor pipe, although it came all scratched up (wasn't too thrilled with that)

 

[yamanube]

Man these look cool, wish I had the change for an aftermarket hull!