Thunderstruck ! Counter to the Blunderjet thread

[WFO Speedracer]

While I was at it and had everything mixed up I went ahead and glued up the reducer to the bulkhead , looks just like Cinnabon icing but not nearly as tasty.

Once it kicks I will sand it , probably glue it from the inside then put a few layers of glass on it , then we can see about glassing in the driveshaft tube once I have the pump positively located.

 

[WFO Speedracer]

I went with the simpler is better approach , I just put parchment paper down and taped over the hole , then I flipped the ski over.

I used a mixture of chopped up carbon fiber and epoxy resin to fill in the hole , basically Tiger hair but with carbon fiber , then laid a layer of fiberglass on top of it to hold it in all place.

Then I put the pump in with a ratchet strap using folded up saran wrap around the pump seal area and flipped I it back over.

I used the remaining Tiger hair to fill in the place I cut out and covered that with parchment paper and worked it into the hole really well, this is the best Idea I could come up with , I will layer over it with a layer of carbon fiber later to get the strength back , right now I am way more worried about conformability than durability , the part the seal mates to has to be damn near perfect , other than that it's a pump tunnel , it doesn't have to be that pretty on this side.