New 220 being built - Page 3

jdcorbitt3 · 10-10-2009, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DisturbedVelo22

I was going to correct you and say stick since its a single but then I realized what that sounded like.

That ITS definitely is thicker on top, meaning the mounting looks higher than mine even if the x dem was the same height but that x is probably a good 3 to 4 inches higher than mine. Have they talked about prop selection with you? I have to imagine they're planning on going with a five blade on that boat. I'm really interested on how this boat is going to plane/handle. Also those tabs seem way too long for that boat, but I'm sure stepp knows his stuff. Would you tell them to hurry up with that thing!?

It actually has 2 throttle cables, one for the stick and one for the hotfoot. I can choose which one I want to use and change it at the engine.

Kenny said the X-dim was 5 1/2 higher than my old boat.

They are going to spend some time proping the boat. They mentioned they will probably remove some tab at that time too.

My partner in the boat made me promise I would not be there for the proping. He wants to be on the boat with me when we run it for the first time. He travels a lot and I do the same for my job. He was afraid he was going to be out of town for the proping and I would be on the lake. It now looks like I will be out of town and he will be around, but since he made me promise, he also can't go to the lake.

My wife is really starting to get nervous. She doesn't like to go over 40 . Jorge had her at 85 in his Dragon. I am hoping with the tabs I can go a little faster with her on it. Needless to say, when Jorge and I run it for the first time, she will not be around.

john

jdcorbitt3 · 10-11-2009, 08:59 AM

OK I think I have figured this photobucket stuff out. This is the full album from spraying the gellcote in the mold to the trailer. I will update this as I get more photos.

http://s604.photobucket.com/albums/t...elocity%20220/

John

DKerns · 10-11-2009, 09:48 AM

Nice pics John. Should be one hell of a ride when she is done.

socalstone · 10-11-2009, 10:29 AM

That is going to be a blast! Great project.

modvp · 10-11-2009, 03:40 PM

Very nice pictures of the building process...thanks for sharing.

JamesGang · 10-14-2009, 10:17 PM

Sweet ride. Good luck with it.

Pat McPherson · 10-14-2009, 10:35 PM

Great Pics.
That is going to be one wild ride!

jdcorbitt3 · 10-22-2009, 04:54 PM

They put the boat in the water today. all systems worked flawless. It ran great, but it looks like the X-dimension was a little high. They are dropping it a couple of inches to get a little more bight.

This project is coming to a close. They are ready for another project.

John

DisturbedVelo22 · 10-22-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jdcorbitt3

They put the boat in the water today. all systems worked flawless. It ran great, but it looks like the X-dimension was a little high. They are dropping it a couple of inches to get a little more bight.

This project is coming to a close. They are ready for another project.

John

Still seems high, considering I'm at 4 5/8's. Although I'm prolly an inch low.

jdcorbitt3 · 10-30-2009, 07:19 PM

They ran the boat today. They hit 90 and that was not full throttle. This is going to be fun. I have downloaded a couple more pics. Not much longer and we will be on the lake.

http://s604.photobucket.com/albums/tt128/jdcorbitt3/

John