Recent content by cbr600rr

perhaps I can help you out,..I'll reup it here in the next day or so if you're still interested. I know this post is sort of old now...

Thanks! Im hoping to layup the top deck as early as this weekend, but there is a slight chance it may be pushed out a week. The motor mount jig I just kinda 'winged it'. I knew I wanted something a lot lighter and easier to work with than an engine, and this jig provides a lot of working...

hahaha yeah actually I think that was him, their epoxy was pretty good stuff, great company, and the chemist sure knew his chit, but I actually found some stuff that ended up working a LOT better for me; lower cps, better material properties, and best of all I can buy it locally in 5gallon buckets!

here's my rig for aligning the motor mount plates in the carbon hull

Background? hmm well nothing too extensive,..I have done quite a bit of fiberglassing before but this project is my first with carbon. My supplier has also gave me a lot of great advice that you won't find online. I researched and talked with some professionals for a couple months before I...

Yeah that does make a lot of sense, although I suppose you can use a lowered bracket on this set up and it would achieve the same result,..maybe just not looking as nice ;)

Well I will have to add up the cost of supplies and stuff. In the end this hull should weigh in around 40-50 lb range. I may decide to actually sell this one if I need the funds, In which case id probably have to sell for around $4000-$5000. From there I may build another if I have time, or...

Yeah that's a good question, well I wasn't sure how far I was going to take this project, after I had the nose cone done I was under the impression that a lowered hood would not match the nose cone. So I just went with the original height. I removed some features from the original hood, and...

Next I had to mock up a bulk head for the carbon ski,...I used 1.5 or 2" polystyrene (cant remember) for the bulkhead. I traced the original on onto the polystyrene and used a hot wire (rigged up to the elements on a hot glue gun lol) to slice out athe shape of the bulkhead. Then mould...

Then I started up class in the fall again, and wasn't able to work as much on the project as I liked. Around christmas time, I really didn't feel like starting up the project again and was getting frustrated with 2-3 skis lying around the garage all in pieces. I decided to get 2 of my other...

thanks! thanks man, yeah I originally figured I could do this in like 4 months lol. However with finishing up my last semester and other stuff going on, and then winter! :aargh4: the process has taken a bit longer.

money shot haha, no but seriously I actually fought with this one in the mould for some time, the sound of it finally 'popping' from the mould was such a relief! lol Lesson:: never enough mould release! wax mould at least 5-6 times prior to layup!

Alright on the bottom hull,... I used an orange gelcoat this time, no specific reason other than I found a cheaper supplier and as a bonus I think It is easier to tell when your fabric wets out! Same process as before for mould,.. used the best composite I determined from previous tests. and...

The next step, and the one I was looking forward to was the bottom hull! I spent a lot of time researching composites and contacted two of the only software developers in the world that focused on epoxy mould flow analysis and composite engineering. I was able to obtain demo software for resin...

:::Second lesson learned::: Always make sure you have "all" necessary supplies before you begin to vacuum bag a part lol. I must have only initially bought a little bit of vacuum bag supplies because I didn't want to waste money if I decided to not finish this project. The result was that I...