

MADE IN USA

Hardtail wrote:You have some really great metal working skills, I would like to know more, how much time and how much $ invested in materials to this point,
Many dream of being that good at building a hull, did you have a plan to follow or did you build it in memory?
I am very impressed with no welding, all rivets means you didn't even have to know how to weld aluminum, to build a great hull,
Airplanes are built with rivets to be airworthy and strong enough to fly, Enjoyed reading all the posts, I am new to Blow Boats, I just got
into airboating because I bought a property in Minnesota with a swamp I couldn't cross to get to the best hunting spots on the property,
so i found out that airboats are the only foolproof way of transportation across the most difficult terrain, once I got to driving it found it was
a whole lot of fun, so now I got a second airboat with an aircraft motor, aluminum hull for Florida everglades, and the one in MN is a 350 vortec motor glass hull.
GREAT JOB, Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the good words Hardtail . Time wise it has taken a lot longer than it should because I work for a livingHardtail wrote:You have some really great metal working skills, I would like to know more, how much time and how much $ invested in materials to this point,
Many dream of being that good at building a hull, did you have a plan to follow or did you build it in memory?
I am very impressed with no welding, all rivets means you didn't even have to know how to weld aluminum, to build a great hull,
Airplanes are built with rivets to be airworthy and strong enough to fly, Enjoyed reading all the posts, I am new to Blow Boats, I just got
into airboating because I bought a property in Minnesota with a swamp I couldn't cross to get to the best hunting spots on the property,
so i found out that airboats are the only foolproof way of transportation across the most difficult terrain, once I got to driving it found it was
a whole lot of fun, so now I got a second airboat with an aircraft motor, aluminum hull for Florida everglades, and the one in MN is a 350 vortec motor glass hull.
GREAT JOB, Thanks for sharing.
For the midget airboaters I worked on it a little this past weekend, added a fourth bulkhead but didn't take any pic's. I wish I had some pic's of it completed, then I would be sliding in it. I got some big ticket items to buy now that the hull is done and working alot makes for a slow buildshep1 wrote:Hey pal, some of us little people are wanting to see some more pics. Maybe your the completed project. What I see is really first class. I hope to build one myself. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks, who's building your hull?cdid wrote:I'm having a full deck palm beach boat built... I should be done in a month, yours looks EXCELLENT.. Great Job
The Old timer that is helping me build it has always used 6061, says it's a little easyer to work with. We used 125 on the bottom, and scratch it real heavy before the steel flex so it sticks good.Seven3 wrote:Pipedog, just curious what made you go with the 6061 over 7075? And what thickness did you have to build the bottom out of?