The "Bling Rocket" build

[srislash]

Nice. I wouldn't have even attempted that. I'm trying to visualize it without the large scoop on the back and I think that cleaner line would look better.

We (GF and I) are thinking perhaps the top of canopy a tad lower and perhaps delete that rear piece.

[Savage Skidoo]

Looking good either way slash

[lenny]

Nice job yous two,
It looks really good.
But the scoops may add some drag and may change the handling a little bet,
I like the top two scoops but not to sure about the back one.

[srislash]

Nice job yous two,
It looks really good.
But the scoops may add some drag and may change the handling a little bet,
I like the top two scoops but not to sure about the back one.

I tried cutting the back one down a bit but it has to go. This was all inspired by Fella's P1 Fountain suggestion. Not sure where the rear scoop came from in my head, it will get changed to a 'cut off' sort of thang.
I tuned the shape a little

[gsbuickman]

Holy cheese & crackers batman,335 posts.... Really ?. Shawn my friend, you are nuckin' Futz' .You've built one sweet boat for sure . I do agree, you need to x86 the rear scooop. If it were me, I'd put a halo like the scarab on it, or an aluminum top alcohol spoiler out back. Either would improve handling & prop bite, but the halo would be sexy as hell ...

[srislash]

Sometimes the threads live on my friend

Wait till I do the Miss Bud up, LOL

Well the tail is trimmed up. A couple spots touched up and soon to get glassed.

Though now thinking wing/radar bar, mmmm.

[Fella1340]

Looking really good

[srislash]

Looking really good

Hey thanks fella :-)
It is sitting with fine carbon aramid cloth (came with my HPR) curing as I type. I'll check it tonight and hope the scoops and such came out OK.

[Fella1340]

That was fast, no messing around!

[srislash]

That was fast, no messing around!

I have learned not to be so timid with these things Jeff. I could always redo it if I really don't like it. Not all the cloth took as well as I would've liked but I can work it out. Should be able to start wetsanding tomorrow night I hope.

[Fella1340]

I am looking forward to seeing it. I am wondering about the steps taken to do this. You made a foam block into the shape you wanted to fit the hatch opening. Once you were happy with the shape you layered cloth on it. Does all of the foam stay once completed? I want to do something like this on my revolt down the road so any details on how it's done would be appreciated.

[srislash]

A quick 'how Shawn does things' then, right or wrong:

I first made a nice wood lid as the hatch is a nice consistent flat plane.



I then used that wood to stencil the outer shape of the foam.



Then I first sanded both the wood and the foam to get rid of that 'shiny' surface and epoxied them together and put weight on the whole mess overnight to make sure it will be flat and strong



I then started to shape the foam making depth cuts on a tablesaw and fence to keep everything consistent



you know the 'got the shape right' part already so... Then I cut some cloth and layed it on the lid after brushing the foam with Epoxy(note: this foam seems to wick the epoxy a tad). I wasn't happy with how the cloth was tenting around the scoops so decided to try something to rectify it. I have in the past bagged the item(epoxy does not stick to black garbage bags) and the submerged in a barrel of water. However since the barrel had ice on it this would not be the way to go for obvious reasons. Sooo, I had a bag of sand and decided to try using it as weight over the hatch.



Bit of fail there. The only reason to put cloth over the foam is to create a firmer barrier to prevent puncture type holes that may occur over time. In the past I have not done this and it is surprising how weak the surface tension of epoxy over rigid foam is. So I had to trim my bad areas off and decided to push on 'as is'

[srislash]

So then the bad areas were treated to a bit of 15min epoxy and after curing wetsanding started.



So after I was happy with all the 'high spots' being smoothed out I layed on my glazing putty and this is how it sits till tomorrow when I can wetsand again.

[srislash]

Too long????

[Fella1340]

Looking good. Let's see the finished result!