Custom/Hybrid The Rocket

Yami-Rider

Yami-Rider

TigerCraft FV-PRO
Location
Texoma
Here's My new FootRocket! Luckily our lake will still be warm for a little while, so I should be able to get a little riding in! Plan on going to LSFR SurfSide in two weeks, so that should be interesting.

Getting it ready for paint, I think it looks like it should handle pretty good!




Sanded and ready for paint.



For the base coat, I went with a 2-part white epoxy, this stuff is super strong but kinda spendy.



Now I can see in the engine bay! I hate black bays, cant see what your doing.



Went with a black and yellow splatter in the engine bay



and white and yellow on the inside of hood and bulk head

 
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Texan33

Yacht Wakes Hunter
Location
Texas
Subscribed!! I'll be watching this everyday!

Dang, you beat me! I was going to do the spatter paint in my Predator's engine bay!
 
Yami-Rider

Yami-Rider

TigerCraft FV-PRO
Location
Texoma
Texan33 said:
Subscribed!! I'll be watching this everyday!

Dang, you beat me! I was going to do the spatter paint in my Predator's engine bay!
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haha, I have always wanted to do an engine bay like this, really like how it turned out.

Can't wait to check out your Predator!
 
Yami-Rider

Yami-Rider

TigerCraft FV-PRO
Location
Texoma
Got the new duct shoe installed. I used G-Flex to glue on the shoe and was out of black dye, so used I grey instead.



Install was so much easier then my past experiences with this little sweet tool, its a must have when doing pump alignment



Pump Assemble Installed, perfectly square and has a very tight and even seal.



This is the best alignment I have ever seen in a aftermarket hull, it is also better then most OEM hulls

 
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Yami-Rider

Yami-Rider

TigerCraft FV-PRO
Location
Texoma
The mounting holes for the intake grate were angled slightly different, it would be putting the intake grate/mounting bolts in a bind, so i had to modify the intake grate slightly so it would lined up perfectly





 
stagesrt4

stagesrt4

see ya out there
Site Supporter
Location
St Charles IL
the current plate im running i chopped 2-3 inches off of

the other plate i bought of MattE when he was selling his carbon rocket last year... Its the long plate still shrink wrapped in plastic from Krash.
 
speedysprocket

speedysprocket

Alex
Location
Chesapeake, VA
Yami-Rider said:
Thanks!



Made the inside width of the plate narrower so it fit properly, had to use washer before, to much of a PINA if you ask me

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I did something similar with mine because it sucked trying to get shims to stay in between the hull and plate.
More recently, though, my plate has a layer of some fine weave glass on the inside to look cleaner, I guess, and that's started to peel off... Not structural by any means though.
 
Yami-Rider

Yami-Rider

TigerCraft FV-PRO
Location
Texoma
stagesrt4 said:
the current plate im running i chopped 2-3 inches off of

the other plate i bought of MattE when he was selling his carbon rocket last year... Its the long plate still shrink wrapped in plastic from Krash.
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Ill definitely keep you in mind.

Ride plate installed



Hood Straps





and handle pole. I will be trying to re-paint the chin pad, looks pretty out of place imo.



After installing the pole I noticed the stock spring fits a little differently then the XFS I built, I didn't want to take the pole back off and I am running out of time, so I just Tig welded a SS nut with everything still installed, worked out fine. I love my tig welder, I seem to always need it on all my builds that I have done.

 
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Nate_D

Nate_D

Location
Houston, TX
Very sexy ski. Always loved the lines on the foot rockets. Wish I was making it to the LSFR to see it in person, unfortunately I will be out of town.
 
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