"REDEEMED CC" Building the Thrust Nozzle

Home Nesting Dinghy Launch Gel-Coat in process Rudder and bottom paint Cabin Repair Thrust/Re-generation nozzle Nozzle Installation Building the Thrust Nozzle Hull Repair II Hull Repair III Making the Drive Mounting the Etek Drive installation Hull Repair Sucking the Hull Rudder Removal Out on Hard ground Electric Kayak tests A New Dock for Redeemed New Experiments More work in Process Electric Kayak Work in Process pulling the Gray Marine At the Dock in Hudson This is why I love to Sail		Fixturing and method are of prime concern, had to do some thinking about how to build the boost in both effecient thrust and more effective re-generation from the 3 blade 14/11 prop being used... Being round (the Nozzle) and configured like an ole barrel with a specific airfoil on the inside diameter and outside it is necessary to have a rotary device, if you happen to have a 20 inch lathe, you have no problem, I don't, so had to make from scrap parts laying around Doc John's dungeon.....good place to scrounge....thanks Doc Building a drum that will be filled with 8 lb. foam and then shaped to form the inside diameter of the nozzle. We add a cardboard inclosure around the drum to hold in the foam as it expands. More to follow The mixed 2 part foam is then poured in the mold to form the backing for the shape form of the inside of the nozzle.  The nozzle inside diameter and form as well as the correct projection will be machined into the foam.  When the epoxy and fabric is wound around the drum the outside form will have to be machined next. More Photo's to come .