Custom/Hybrid the -HAMMER- with a touch of carbon

air blair

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Straight sexxy. Awesome job Scott. If it rides as good as it looks then your golden. Easy to build skis huh. Why buy when you can just whip stuff like this out overnight practically. Neat hood design I must say.


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Oh man, a couple of you guys are trying to build up some serious hype. @hodges22 , I hope you've got a fresh set of drawers ready. First things first. When I built my fiberglass hulls, they weight in close to some of the carbon skis on the market. 68 and 64lbs with hoods, ready to assemble. Maybe my layups are light, but if you guys have ever seen my heavyweight R&D (ride and destroy) rider @SomeDonnieDude, you'll know that these skis can take some abuse. I suppose the retail industry needs to bulk up the hulls a bit more than needed, even more so if they're not using the best of the best materials. You'll notice that my visual layer is not the standard pretty 2x2 twill that everyone recognizes. I had strength and weight in mind and got lucky that the fabric I used turned out as a sweet visual layer as well. I also stayed away from a tradition coremat or soric that most use and went straight to uni and quad directional cloth for the high stress areas. This helped keep the weight down by not having excess resin. Finally, the resin I used is uv stable, so what you see is popped directly out of the mold with no clear coat or IMC. Again, another way to save weight. I did run a quick buffing compound over everything before assembly.
Well I won't drag this on any longer and start firing some pics and weights out. Also I did verify that my scale is accurate, by referencing it to 2 other calibrated scales.
 

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WP_20151005_001.jpg And here is the ready to ride weight without fuel, and in this case graphics. I am also running a dasa 850 with pfp and oem 155 pump. I will gain a few pounds when I upgrade to a mag pump next year, but may counter balance that with a carbon chamber.

Well thanks to everyone for checking out my build, and hopefully next year I can get to a few more free rides and meet more of you guys.
 
great work, love the innovation and thought u put in this project....in my opinion the hood latching system and breathing system ( excess water ) has been ignored for a long time and now products are surfacing with much better solutions....
 
Maybe my layups are light, but if you guys have ever seen my heavyweight R&D (ride and destroy) rider @SomeDonnieDude, you'll know that these skis can take some abuse.

Never broke my 64lb'er. Bet ive attemped over 1000 flips on it. I weighed myself in after the freeride and was over the 290lb mark. The only thing "lean and mean" about me is the grade of beef i use on the grill. Did I mention i ate a few burgers rights before I almost pulled around a flatwater flip on the new hammer, and it didn't break??
 
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My Huggies are full ..Its finally out ..u putting these one the market or keeping them yourself .is there a pic of the side walls ...price quote to Ky 40031 ..
 

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My Huggies are full ..Its finally out ..u putting these one the market or keeping them yourself .is there a pic of the side walls ...price quote to Ky 40031 ..
At this time I don't have the intentions to sell any hulls. It takes way more time than most think to build a hull. I now understand why rickters and superfreaks are priced how they are. At best, I may offer a kit at an affordable price for the buyer to fully assemble. I'm also pretty sure any type of stock or aftermarket waterbox will NOT fit in this hull. It was a very tight fit for the pfp chamber. I may build my own chamber this winter to add clearance and adjust the waterbox position. Thanks for the interest.
 

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Wow! This raises a lot of questions for me. Am I riding a 300# ski because builders are not using the best available products and technology? Beautiful ski btw!
Well I don't want to discuss what other hull builders do, as I don't really know exactly what they are doing besides what I've read and saw in person. Having only built 3 hulls, I don't even consider myself a hull builder. I just know that I have eaten, slept, and pooped composites for the last 3 years. I can also tell you that you're not going to find much info on structural composites on these jet ski forums. A vacuum bag, epoxy, and a roll of biax cloth isn't the answer. As far as your 300# ski, everything adds up. Are you running an aluminum scoop grate, billet pump, cast pole, etc..? I considered the weight of every part I put on my ski. A 3lb piece of pvc for a scupper tube wasn't happening. I built a 9oz full carbon tube instead. I agree that hulls sold to the public need to be slightly over built to last and the materials and methods chosen need to allow for a profit. With that said, I will definitely update the thread with any failures I have in the future to see if I'm going down the wrong path. Im just a guy that likes building things instead of buying them and thought I would share my creation.
 
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