Saturday, March 28, 2009

Formula Boats (U-5) project

Here's an update as of Saturday, March 28 at 9 p.m.

The wings are painted and mounted. We used 1/16-inch aluminum plates through the deck that run all the way down to the bottom of the boat where they're epoxied in. Where the plates extend above the deck, the aluminum is tapped for the 4/40 nylon screws that hold the fairings on. The horizontal stabilizer has threaded inserts for the 4/40 nylon screws that hold the wing to the fairings.

The motor, driveline, plumbing and all of the other hardware has been mounted. Testing is set for Sunday at Westmoreland Park ... then, as long as there are no changes that need to be made ... paint!

At least its' finally starting to look like the U-5 (2008 Seattle version). Maybe we'll make it to Centralia afterall!

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