Superjet build

Location
australia
thought id post up my build i been workin on here in aus , made my own top and bottom deck moulds, bottom deck is epoxy resin with one layer of double bi carbon, then layers of double bi fiberglass and another carbon to finish vac bagged, top deck was carbon then double bi glass, then all mounts i made up out of stainless flat bar glassed into bottom deck, made a carbon double bi bulkhead, and double bi glassed it in form both sides fitted all water lines scupper exhaust and drive shaft tunnel which was glassed in aswell, then foamed half of the bottom deck, lifters where then fitted to top deck before the decks where joined and the lifters where cut in flush an then double bi on the inside of top deck then decks plexus joined together, foamed and then twurl weave carbon fibre, in engine compartment and then epoxy primed and painted black then white speckle, to cover overlaps, dags and places where carbon doenst like to go! so now im at the stage of painting top deck ,weighed the whole ski the other day foamed with lifters aluminium pump shoe, scupper, exhaust came in at 45 kgs 99lbs little bit more than i would have liked but i built it with strengh in mind and i think its still lighter than a stock superjet i think correct me if im wrong so not long now till im on the water abuseing it
 

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Location
australia
nice work!

are the footholds parts of the top deck mold? if so, how did you get the part out of the mold?

i just cut them in flush after, and worked at them from the inside area to give a cleaner finish in the tray i think that i should get more strength by doing this, then i did a couple of layers across the underside of tray across lifters to tie them in better.
 

chad

I pretty much love beer
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very impressive work Luker !

could you post a picture of your molds?

I ll be watching this to see what else you build
 

goodq

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Location
Qatar!!
Do they give composite classes in preschool in Australia?

This is the second cool build from Ausi land (Slug's FX-1 being the other).


Can't wait to see this build progress. :popcorn4: Any ideas of power plant?
 
Location
australia
ill try to get some more pics up soon yeah def a surf boat, just finished primeing the top deck tonight , building these things takes a while i hadnt layed fibreglass ever until 4 months ago, fairly easy to do though with a bit of help and advice from experineced persons! should be a good i hope got tothe point where i was sick of getting repairs on my 2000 model, as for the motor just rebuilt recently done like 6 hours just run in,760 barrels,porting,hot rod crank,pro x pistons, riva single intake manifold with riva 48mm powerbomb carby, b pipe,msd enhancer, and a few other bits and peices
 
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eel

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I cant believe you have only been glassing for four months!

Awesome job.
 

Lakeman

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Location
Wichita, KS
Very cool

Very nice job. Put up picks of your molds and describe what you did to make them.
We all want to be able to build our own hulls so we can go got and beat them to death and not worry about the cost to much. Cost of materials and your time.
 
Location
australia
more pics

here are some pics of the ski finished finally!
took it out on the water today was all good but the jetting was out a little bit first run for the single setup other than that was all good the pics are a bit poor quality cos i had to drop the res for the post
 

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chad

I pretty much love beer
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here are some pics of the ski finished finally!
took it out on the water today was all good but the jetting was out a little bit first run for the single setup other than that was all good the pics are a bit poor quality cos i had to drop the res for the post


FINALLY?????

you posted pics of this ski fresh out of the molds 12 days ago :bigeyes2:
very clean build and very quick build !
:headbang:
 
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