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09-12-2019, 10:16 AM #15000 RPM
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School Pjoject - Ben Hur Hydroplane
School started last week and we have begun our major project this year in Advanced Materials Processing. As a class we are building a 60's style hydroplane called a Ben Hur made famous by Hal Kelly. I chose this design because it is wider than your average hydro, also more stable and buoyant. We are not looking to race but rather just have some fun testing on the water. The plans are also more affordable and can be built with locally attainable materials (we are on a budget).
Rock was nice enough to donate a whole bunch of outboard parts including a late 70s's 70hp 3 cyl merc. We have stripped down the motor rebuilt carbs and fixed up whatever electrical components that were deteriorating. We anticipate the weight of the motor to be about 120 lbs (stripped down). We could probably drop it another 5-10 lbs or so if we delete the starter. Cold compression appears to be good and after some simple adjustments the motor popped off and actually idled. We slapped a 15" leg and lower from a merc 402 on and it bolted right up. We are in the process of adding a low water pickup so we can run the lower nice and high. By no means is this a race motor, but it it should make some decent power to weight and i think it will work if propped right and setup with proper weight distribution.
As far as building the boat goes, we are in the process of gathering materials and setting up templates for the ribs. Since we are not looking to race the boat, ribs will be built either out of true 3/4 mahogany or mahogany surfaced down to true 1/2" instead of spruce lined 1/4" marine ply.
I have experience with outboards, woodworking and some fiber-glassing but do not consider myself a pro as some of you are. Please feel free to make recommendations.
Attached are some pictures of the start. Ill be sure to document future progress, looking forward to the build. Forgive me if these pics dont work, im learning here. <br><br>https://i.imgur.com/Wz4yFZd.jpg<br>https://i.imgur.com/yriCCey.jpg<br>https://i.imgur.com/DwQI9Lt.jpg<br>https://i.imgur.com/rnjpCzM.jpg<br>https://i.imgur.com/Gje2NJP.jpgLast edited by Seanj85; 09-12-2019 at 11:11 AM.
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09-12-2019, 10:22 AM #25000 RPM
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09-12-2019, 11:03 AM #3
Thanks for posting this. Excited to watch the progress.
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09-12-2019, 02:35 PM #4
Can't wait to see this come together. Shop class was my saving grace in high school. Never built anything this cool though.
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09-20-2019, 01:07 PM #55000 RPM
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10-04-2019, 01:57 PM #65000 RPM
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Ribs are officially complete, getting them to the perfect size was a little bit of a struggle as we broke some and ate up some (expensive) material in the process. Getting each one the perfect opening size for girders was difficult as well. We wound up finding the center of each rib and marking 9 1/4" out from each center to give us a perfect opening of 18 1/2" for the driver. We are almost ready to build Girders and beams for the sponsons and anticipate starting them next week.
Templates for each are being built out of foam core, which is challenging. Students have been learning how to read a scaled drawing and transferring measurements with an architects scale on to the templates. We have had a couple problems and are moving a little slower than I had hoped, but the kids are still excited about the build and have been really receptive to the challenges. I feel like they are getting a lot out of it. Attached are a few pics I took today.
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10-07-2019, 06:23 AM #75000 RPM
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I wish all schools brought back shop classes. Your progress looks great, keep up the quality work. You'll always have some breakage along the way, part of the learning curve.
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10-07-2019, 09:01 AM #8
Cool school
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10-07-2019, 02:41 PM #95000 RPM
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10-07-2019, 06:36 PM #10
Almost all the schools in our area have abandoned industrial arts classes. Teachers are saying nobody wants to sign up for anything that does not concern computers. In my opinion this is where the school board needs to step in and make it mandatory. As great as all this tech stuff is we are still going to need carpenters, electricians, mechanics, and people that can read a tape or maybe even add without a machine. The mindset of the teaching profession needs a overhaul about as bad as our government. My hat is off to you Sean as you are teaching skills they will soon have no other way to acquire. Good job.
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10-11-2019, 01:31 PM #115000 RPM
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We spent the 4 day week laying out girders. They were layed out to scale from a pretty small picture where 1/8" = 1'. Templates were derived from foam core and transferred to 1/4" marine ply. We stapled the two girders together so they would be identical when cutting them out. Not sure how accurate we are but I have a feeling we are close. Today it all came together and was the first day it started looking like a boat, students were excited as they were all taking pics to show their friends. Progress is slow, but there is only so much that we can do in a 40 minute time slot each day. Next week my goal is to get ribs attached to girders and start getting cutting sponson beams and battens.
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10-13-2019, 10:12 PM #12
Good progress! Will the students get a chance to drive it when finished?
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10-14-2019, 03:26 PM #135000 RPM
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Well, the school doesn't want to me to let anyone drive it. Buttttt exceptions can always be made. I want to see how it performs first before putting anyone's child behind the wheel. If it seems safe enough and kids have taken a safe boaters course I would like to give them a spin. About half the kids working on it are seniors, so they will no longer be associated with the school once the summer rolls around, so that shouldnt be an issue.
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10-15-2019, 02:19 PM #14
Thats good to hear, once they graduate not much the school can do about it. Plus you'll be coming into summer after graduation, so that's perfect timing. Built myself a nice dresser and TV stand in wood shop, but never a boat. So cool!
'78 Hydrostream Viking/'98 225 ProMax
Restoration: https://www.screamandfly.com/showthr...Viking-rebuild
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10-24-2019, 08:33 PM #15
Just a quick question, transom Height? Cant tell by the instructions posted, but what is the transom height in the plans? Neat to see this happening and maybe some younger folks will get interested in this stuff
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