Thad Allen's Apache + The Birth of the Cheetah Cat
05-09-2010 | 08:06 PM
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I had sanding sticks for every piece of the job, This guy caught on very well,we sanded with silicon carbide paper and talcum powder instead of water.
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05-09-2010 | 08:08 PM
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The Mold sides are off here and the Hatch Grid/Stringer system is going in, the liner sides are masked up for bonding work,There is a storage locker that goes up in the front behind the bulkhead. The plywood work walkway up the center is the exact size of the hatches and is a critical dimension,Every compartment was to get a finished liner.
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05-09-2010 | 08:10 PM
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The Bonding is done and the forward Locker is glassed in, this supports the floor hatches as well,The Fuel tanks have been placed and need bolted then some Foam again we made them round for long term survivability..
The mold had Two Axles as the center of gravity changes with the sides mounted and I wanted to keep this balanced so one man could turn it. Getting close, the floor hatches done now and are a no measure needed with the holes pre-located and even the countersink molded ,the rigger just needs a drill.
The mold had Two Axles as the center of gravity changes with the sides mounted and I wanted to keep this balanced so one man could turn it. Getting close, the floor hatches done now and are a no measure needed with the holes pre-located and even the countersink molded ,the rigger just needs a drill.
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05-09-2010 | 08:12 PM
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We are pulling the 1 Piece cat today, wood is on for the upholstery guy and he has started on the seats and console,some cleanup and rig ,I will get a pair of Mercurys from their dealer here Al Boom, he was a good guy to deal with.
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05-09-2010 | 08:14 PM
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Here is a picture of the fishing boat ,Everyone liked the cat and It even ran "S" class in one of the National races here.I will dig out more pictures of these.
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05-09-2010 | 08:17 PM
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This is the reason I painted the sponsons in that manner it was out of respect for my hosts.Here is what I was copying from their distant past and bringing forth ,look up on the bowsprit.
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05-09-2010 | 08:22 PM
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More pictures, we rigged this one with 225's I had three speedometers in it for demo ,MPH, Knots, and Kilos. Plus hand held GPS which was not trusted in those days for some reason.Ran good turned like a Porshe, solid boat, self bailing and a lot of storage.
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05-09-2010 | 08:42 PM
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Getting it ready to go south all the Big Kuwaiti's have places on the water down near the Saudi Border. those are the fuel fills on the side of the console.
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05-09-2010 | 08:49 PM
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Catch up on some pictures here, off to the right of those vacuum pipes there is a rack of Sanding tools,The way we worked here is the Vacuum level was set by myself and There was a high capicity throttling type regulator built in the system as well ,the crew is doing something as a pipe has been run out.
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