Winger Ed.
03-26-2004, 12:30 AM
Well, the bottom is finished.
We flipped it back upright a few weeks ago.
The cockpit sides are bolted to the inside edge of the hull frames & riveted in to a 3 x 3 x .080 angle stock strip running along the outboard inside edges of the cockpit. The flooring is done and foamed underneath. So far, it is incredibly rigid and won't flex at all fore & aft.
I found this laminate stuff to do the cockpit walls and the floor of the driver's station with. Its 1/4" thick, made of 2 layers of .025 Al. sheet held apart by a expanded Aluminum grating looking stuff in between. Real light, fairly stiff, and real strong when put in as a lateral stiffener. With about 85 1/4" Stainless bolts & locknuts attaching it to the frame members, its eliminated all the fore & aft flexing.
In the 2nd picture, you can see the transom brace.
It runs from the transom frame, diagonally across the cockpit walls, to the floor and is bolted to the frame itself where it crosses.
Next comes the foam, the decking, and the cowlings.
Its slow and tedious, theres' lots to be done that you can't really see the progress happening. To get the bottom done, the flooring, and the base of the cockpit walls, I've gone through a little over 5,000 rivets & 85-90 Stainless bolts, so far. I figure it'll take about 2,000 more rivets for the topside decking.
Thanks again for all the help, patience, and interest.
Ed.
We flipped it back upright a few weeks ago.
The cockpit sides are bolted to the inside edge of the hull frames & riveted in to a 3 x 3 x .080 angle stock strip running along the outboard inside edges of the cockpit. The flooring is done and foamed underneath. So far, it is incredibly rigid and won't flex at all fore & aft.
I found this laminate stuff to do the cockpit walls and the floor of the driver's station with. Its 1/4" thick, made of 2 layers of .025 Al. sheet held apart by a expanded Aluminum grating looking stuff in between. Real light, fairly stiff, and real strong when put in as a lateral stiffener. With about 85 1/4" Stainless bolts & locknuts attaching it to the frame members, its eliminated all the fore & aft flexing.
In the 2nd picture, you can see the transom brace.
It runs from the transom frame, diagonally across the cockpit walls, to the floor and is bolted to the frame itself where it crosses.
Next comes the foam, the decking, and the cowlings.
Its slow and tedious, theres' lots to be done that you can't really see the progress happening. To get the bottom done, the flooring, and the base of the cockpit walls, I've gone through a little over 5,000 rivets & 85-90 Stainless bolts, so far. I figure it'll take about 2,000 more rivets for the topside decking.
Thanks again for all the help, patience, and interest.
Ed.