- Location
- Ormond Beach Fl.
Been in a box in the attic for years!
FX-1 Purple Madness
- Thread starter Sanoman
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Had some other projects going on this weekend,but managed to get the thru hull exhaust (2.5”) glued into the ski.Now l can fill in with foam.Maybe this week l can get the tray installed..
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Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
Why did you lower the exhaust? Water going to backflow easily.
smokeysevin
one man with a couch
- Location
- Houston
What did you use to glue the exhaust in?
Sean
Sean
Some headway this week.Polystyrene cut and fitted and was able to set the tray in it and get it lined up.Feel like the ski is getting a lot closer to the finish line.l was going to pour some two part foam inside the tray,but after some discussion with @ScottS,decided to pass.The tray sits well right on top of the poly.
My next step is to number and take all of the flotation back out and clean up the pieces.There is little bits and pieces that will eventually make their way down to the bottom and clog up the small drains.Nothing fancy for the drains,just a couple of drilled holes with two screws.
The next step is to fasten the tray down,close off the cut out section on the left side (in the tray) and start some small pours of the 2 part foam till it gets filled and coming out the gaps all around.Then l can sand and start glassing.
My next step is to number and take all of the flotation back out and clean up the pieces.There is little bits and pieces that will eventually make their way down to the bottom and clog up the small drains.Nothing fancy for the drains,just a couple of drilled holes with two screws.
The next step is to fasten the tray down,close off the cut out section on the left side (in the tray) and start some small pours of the 2 part foam till it gets filled and coming out the gaps all around.Then l can sand and start glassing.
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Got some things worked out the last couple days.Got the tray to fit a little better.But going to do several things to the tray area and not enough time today. Need to do some sanding,just didn’t feel like putting on the tyvek suit. it was 87° here. Which is not hot to a lot of you guys,but unless l do it early,it ain’t gonna happen.
Cut the sides out of the tray insert in order to allow the rrp foothold boxes to fit.Also cut the back side of the boxes off in order to keep a wider tray.Basically cutting the depth down.Can’t take credit for the idea,but it worked great.l’ll end up bonding them with carbon tape to the inside of the sides.Once the tray and boxes are epoxied in,then the 2 part foam will be added to stabilize everything.More pics coming soon.
Ok,gonna gripe again about the way people do chit.Been working on removing the handholds in the hood since l bought this project.lf you look closely,you can see the thickness of them was ridiculous.Used a number of tricks trying to get them separated from the hood.Probably got 3 hours total doing this.But they finally broke loose.Going to make some carbon hand holds to replace them.But the hood is finally ready to build back.
Cut the sides out of the tray insert in order to allow the rrp foothold boxes to fit.Also cut the back side of the boxes off in order to keep a wider tray.Basically cutting the depth down.Can’t take credit for the idea,but it worked great.l’ll end up bonding them with carbon tape to the inside of the sides.Once the tray and boxes are epoxied in,then the 2 part foam will be added to stabilize everything.More pics coming soon.
Ok,gonna gripe again about the way people do chit.Been working on removing the handholds in the hood since l bought this project.lf you look closely,you can see the thickness of them was ridiculous.Used a number of tricks trying to get them separated from the hood.Probably got 3 hours total doing this.But they finally broke loose.Going to make some carbon hand holds to replace them.But the hood is finally ready to build back.
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Almost 2 months without an update.My lazy butt.
But today got back started on the project,thanks to @brapperdoodle getting me inspired again.Thanks bro.
Most of what l was dreading was the sanding,a tyvec suit and basically getting airtight to keep the fiberglass off of me.Had a lot to do,about an hour and a half roughly.Soaked with sweat when l got thru,but no itching tonight.
Parts of the tray,the rrp foothold surrounds, and some reinforcement for the sides.The tray needed to be bonded on what was left of the front,about 2.5” and also at the rear bond rail.Some thickened epoxy with glass strands.The reinforcement mentioned earlier was for the side gunwales to make them more stout because of using rrp adj footholds.As you can see from the pics,l weighted the front with a gal paint can and then clamped the rear rail and also the sides.More thickened epoxy with glass strands added there too.
Tomorrow the plan is to epoxy the foothold surrounds with some added glass to seal them to the inside of the gunwales.Then l’ll be adding foam in the sides to form them out.Then more sanding….
But today got back started on the project,thanks to @brapperdoodle getting me inspired again.Thanks bro.
Most of what l was dreading was the sanding,a tyvec suit and basically getting airtight to keep the fiberglass off of me.Had a lot to do,about an hour and a half roughly.Soaked with sweat when l got thru,but no itching tonight.
Parts of the tray,the rrp foothold surrounds, and some reinforcement for the sides.The tray needed to be bonded on what was left of the front,about 2.5” and also at the rear bond rail.Some thickened epoxy with glass strands.The reinforcement mentioned earlier was for the side gunwales to make them more stout because of using rrp adj footholds.As you can see from the pics,l weighted the front with a gal paint can and then clamped the rear rail and also the sides.More thickened epoxy with glass strands added there too.
Tomorrow the plan is to epoxy the foothold surrounds with some added glass to seal them to the inside of the gunwales.Then l’ll be adding foam in the sides to form them out.Then more sanding….
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- Location
- Asheville, NC
Looks like a party!
Everything went as planned from yesterday’s work.The panels that l epoxied to the inside of the sides are rock solid.The tray feels strong.
This morning l got the foothold surrounds epoxied in and some glass wrapped around them.lf time permits tomorrow,l plan on mixing some small batches of 2 part foam to fill the voids between the gunwales and inside the tray.
Hoping to wrap the rest of it up this week.
This morning l got the foothold surrounds epoxied in and some glass wrapped around them.lf time permits tomorrow,l plan on mixing some small batches of 2 part foam to fill the voids between the gunwales and inside the tray.
Hoping to wrap the rest of it up this week.
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Big Kahuna
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- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
Tik Tok, you got one month!!!!!!!!!!!!! Actually 3 weeks!
Some progress with all the other things going on at home.We had a water damage about 5 weeks ago that warped our wood floor in the dining/family room.Guys got here yesterday pulling up all the damaged area.Had to empty out the entire area.They should be done by saturday.
About two weeks ago l redid some turf on a air blair dart.
Got it done and returned to the owner.Now l have a 2014 fs2 Ricktor with a bad water leak under the tray.Several suspect areas including a blowsion scupper (they installed) and a pump bolt that has been leaking for a while.A large crack in the tray too.But not sure if this is the root of the issue/leak.I still need to get the rest of the foam out and run some water through the cooling system to see if there are more leaks.
And finally we return to “progress” on the Madness Build. Tying in the foothold surrounds to the gunwales is the last major area in the build.l need to sand and skim coat some thickened epoxy to smooth everything thing out where l laid the carbon.Now time to go back and really tidy up all the areas where l worked.And make a battery tray.The hood needs some work too.
About two weeks ago l redid some turf on a air blair dart.
Got it done and returned to the owner.Now l have a 2014 fs2 Ricktor with a bad water leak under the tray.Several suspect areas including a blowsion scupper (they installed) and a pump bolt that has been leaking for a while.A large crack in the tray too.But not sure if this is the root of the issue/leak.I still need to get the rest of the foam out and run some water through the cooling system to see if there are more leaks.
And finally we return to “progress” on the Madness Build. Tying in the foothold surrounds to the gunwales is the last major area in the build.l need to sand and skim coat some thickened epoxy to smooth everything thing out where l laid the carbon.Now time to go back and really tidy up all the areas where l worked.And make a battery tray.The hood needs some work too.
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- Location
- Minnesota
wow! Come turf my freak for me! Rofl teach me!
hornedogg79
dodgin' bass boats
Hey Don, I stopped by your painter's place today. He said he had a few more bike frames to finish up then he was going to knock out your hull.
- Location
- jacksonville florida
to cold to mess with ski?