f15pilot

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A guy asked me to design and cut a boat for him. He wanted it 80" and designed directly after the U-31 1980 Miss Circus Circus. I went to a friend of mine in Slovenia who designs boats and he drew up some plans. Finally got to test cut this bad boy today. With all my big jobs, I do a test cut on 1/4" Luan to make sure all the tool paths look good before we get to the $$$$ wood. Pat will power this with a RCMK K600. The set of plans we designed also includes sheeting but that has not been cut yet. Boat includes the 3 ride pads just like the real one. Here is the basic skeleton which is missing a few parts that wouldn't stay on with clamps. The gaps in the rear slats will be filled with (2) pieces that were cut but not mounted on each side that provides the sponson ride pad.

Hydro Junkie

I know you said that boat is going to be powered by a K600 but, with the limited space available, where are you going to mount it and the tuned pipe? Are you going to use a "vee drive" or mount the engine way up forward? To get the boat to perform, you are going to need to keep the weight in the front to a minimum

f15pilot

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The owner is going to use a gear box and face the engine output forward just like the real boat. Trust me, there is more than enough room especially with the hatch that is being built. The stringers are 12" wide in the picture.

f15pilot

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Some more work done test fitting the sheeting. This is only a test... the slats where the frames fit together are too large so I adjusted the CAD drawings to allow for the .25" slats rather than 3/8" slats. More work tomorrow.