We sold that one and started another. We weren't going to do one this year but I had a Senior who wanted to do all the welding on the hull by himself . I just haven't posted any pictures yet. He has the hull done ( a little different style but he did a great job) , another group of students have the...

Thanks KC5AKB It helps to have good kids !!!

Rvrdux thanks for the comments, swamper2 it is a Subaru engine that was beefed up by stratus for airplanes ( a little over 100 hp).

We have bought dies from swagoffroad.com in the past, they have tubing rollers also. For those people that are using a harbor freight tube roller their rollers fit right on. We've bent t-bars, loops, etc. very easily.

Nice build, thanks for sharing.

Well we found the problem ( BAD GAUGE). This last week my wife and I went for a quick ride on a small lake near by. We went through the normal routine, took it out on a 15 min ride and then the moment of truth. Slowed down to idle and watch the needle on the gauge drop down till it hit 10 psi and it...

Sorry for all the pictures disappearing. I have used Photo bucket to put up my pictures on different web sites over several years and never had a problem but now they say I need to pay them 399.00 per year to do 3rd party hosting so that was a lot of work for nothing. I will try to figure something ...

Little report Still trying to get a few things worked out but on monday I dropped the boat in the water and it floats :cheers: Started up the engine and hit the water running. The boat jumped right up on plane but seemed a little lacking power, could only get 3600rpm and would hop pretty bad. The ba...

Well my last day with students was friday. We had seniors come back in for an after school picture. We still have a few things to take care of before this boat hits the water but this is where we are at right now. I think this group of students did a great job on this project and we hope that you en...

Thanks Gary I will pass it on to my students. Not sure on the 1st day in the water, still have a few things to get done. I will most likely run it with out any students around the 1st time, I would hate to have something go wrong and have someone get hurt.. Then they will be contacted to meet somewh...

They will be back Gary. This is the last day for my boat builders until friday and we have a few things to get done ( finals week ). Our rudders needed to be repainted so I got that done this afternoon. We want to have a picture day on friday at noon when the students get dismissed for the summer. H...

Flex pipe, mufflers are all connected. The turn downs are welded up. Lost all my seniors as of last monday they were done with school. Today we got the cage on the hull and all the lights wired except for the interior hull lights. We went to start the engine and it started right up then would die ri...

Marked out where to weld the axle to the axle mounts, Priming and painting the rudders did not go so well ( exhaust fans quit working, first gun had a air leak somewhere and kept sputtering ), next students were placing the engine back in the engine stand, students putting the engine stand back toge...

EK Machine shows up on Friday with the last of our parts that were powder coated. Thanks Troy Smith and EK Machine !! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k292/CWAIS/AIRBOAT%20BUILD%202/IMG_1006_zpsiimgwd7v.jpg http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k292/CWAIS/AIRBOAT%20BUILD%202/IMG_1007_zps2g1yzsio.jpg ht...

EK Machine shows up on Friday with the last of our parts that were powder coated. Thanks Troy Smith and EK Machine !! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k292/CWAIS/AIRBOAT%20BUILD%202/IMG_1006_zpsiimgwd7v.jpg http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k292/CWAIS/AIRBOAT%20BUILD%202/IMG_1007_zps2g1yzsio.jpg ht...

Had a couple of my communications students volunteer to make shirts. http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k292/CWAIS/AIRBOAT%20BUILD%202/IMG_1001_zpsphpyueup.jpg http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k292/CWAIS/AIRBOAT%20BUILD%202/IMG_1002_zpsbm90lxze.jpg http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k292/CWAIS/AIRBOA...

Thought that I would post up where we are at before things get wild. Got a message from Troy Smith at EK Machine today that they would be dropping off the trailer, cage, engine stand and extra parts that they picked up yesterday to get powder coated. THANKS TROY and EK MACHINE!!! We also need to tha...

On page 3 about 1/2 way down there is a picture of the crank on the transom.
Can anyone tell me why I have a -1 in my private messages can't find anything there??????

It is smaller to make room for the steering crank. If I have time tonight I will try to take a picture with the crank on. There might be one in this post if you look through the pictures?

This past week we decided it would be a good weekend to do poly since we were waiting to get the rest of our parts powder coated. So I called John Hagen in Onalaska, WI to see if it would work out. He said we were a go. Then I called Mike Moeller from Holmen, WI to see if he could help out. He said ...

Well its been about a week, the Hull, gas tank, battery rack were all powder coated by Troy Smith from EK Machine and it looks great! The rest ofof the parts will be powder coated as soon as they have an opening. The light bar was put in place and holes drilled. Hopefully we can get the poly on in t...

Busy week, last weekend Mike Moeller from Holmen, Wis. picked up our axle and wheels for the trailer in Clear Lake, IA. So Weds. Night after school I made a couple hour drive up to Holmen and picked up the axle and wheels from Mike. I had to check out the new boat Mike was putting together, it is go...

Well we tried everything on our fuel pump so I called "Carter" on a sunday and Jeff from Carter got back to me on Monday morning. We had a new one on weds ( UPS picked up the bad one ). Glad that was over with. We got a base for our white Nav. light welded up. One student started the muffl...

Ran in to school, ran the (+) wire direct all (other wires are tight). Turned the disconnect on pump was not running, tapped it about 4 times started running. Started right up no choking ran for a while and then the engine died no pump running tried to start, just rolled over no start. Tapped on the...

Gary S We have done a free flow back into the tank and the pressure slows down as it runs. If we kink the hose it does not shut off. So we moved the clear filter to a spot between the pump and carb to see if we could see anything. On my prep I took the carb off and reset the floats they were low. Wh...