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GOALS
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Lightest and
strongest Hydroplane ever built.
a. Reducing
hull weight by 50 to 60%
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Using the smallest
part count
a. one piece
bottom and sides to include: sponsons, transom (356 sq.ft.)
b. One piece
top (282 sq. ft.)
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Making high quality
aero space parts and tooling, which requires high quality and
high temperature materials.
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Reduce or eliminate
core materials, e.g. Nomax core, form core, balsa wood, all of
which have a serious down side.
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Using the finest
products
a. Airtech
infusion material
b. API epoxy
resin systems
The following pictures
show the process of building a Hi-Temp Mold for one piece bottom and
sides.
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The legendary boat builder Ron Jones, Sr.
All angles are being set per his recommendations.
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Any shovel nose from 28-31.5 feet can be produced in
our tooling.
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Vacuum bagging mahogany skins to composite
honeycomb fins
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The wood fin weighed 74 lbs. The BAT
fin above weighs 28 lbs.
A Standard fin would weigh 24 lbs or 1/3 the weight of the Hawaii
Kai fin.
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Hull mold lay-up materials
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Bill Karmen (Air Tech) is the #1 infusion expert
installing vacuum line
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Bill Karmen instructing 14 year old Trevor
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(Bill and Trevor)
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Vacuum and infusion line installed
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Vacuum pump
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Resin Trap
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Infusion line
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Infusion Port
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Infusion Drawing
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Pairing up infusion lines
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Starting to use the vacuum pump
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Infused in 52 minutes
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Initial Cure @ 240 degrees F and will be post
cured at 300+ degrees F
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Sponson Stiffeners
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Setting up reusable silicone materials
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These are the same materials that will be used on
all boat bottom and top decks.
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CLICK HERE TO VIEW
DIAGRAM OF HAT SECTION
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CLICK HERE TO VIEW
DIAGRAM OF INFUSION HULL MOLD TOOL
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