Aft struts structural boxes.
Front fairings on aft struts.
Top mount pad on aft struts.
Bonding on the bits for the fuel fill using tools at hand.
Installing the fuel fill and vent.
Glassing the interior of the fuel fill.
Total 520 Hours estimated.
Bonding the underside of the fuel fill. Details of vent and interior feed to tank.
Prop sitting inside shroud. 316 SS about 1/8" bigger all around.
Tanks temporarly mounted for top trim. Looking a bit like it will.
Tank pickup with mechanical fastners.
Tank pickup with adhesive bonding and fitting detail.
Structural baffels in and all glassed and gooped for sealing.
Shrouds fitted loosely in and starting to octaganolize the jetdrives.
More of same.
Slight curve to the bottom intake area.
Working on the top of the aft struts. Now 1" thick.
Starting the pattern for the bronze casting of the bearing struts. 103% to allow for shrinkage.
Structuralizing the jetdrive joints.
'Tool' to limit depth of drilling.
Bucket of silicon bronze bolts cleaned and roughed up for bonding in.
Gooping the holes with thickened epoxy.
Pretty bronze bolts all in a row. Not bad straightness for eyeball drilling.
Moving the tanks into place. Raised up to clear the bolts.
Tanks bolted on and she is now off the front blocking and sitting on her own structure.
First trip into the cabin for a while. View from the helm. Height of eye is about 10'.
Exterior bolts are deliberately at a slight angle.
Interior carriage bolts and in the corner the countersunk flatheads.
Closeup of the flatheads.
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