Thad Allen's Apache + The Birth of the Cheetah Cat

[Jesse James]

Steve 1 can you drop me a PM with an e-mail address, I have a few pictures i would like you to take a look at... thanks

[Steve 1]

Steve 1 can you drop me a PM with an e-mail address, I have a few pictures i would like you to take a look at... thanks

Sent!

[Steve 1]

NICE !!!!!!!

That was the real job there to supply those.

[cosmic12]

No LOL the boat is exactly symmetrically that is black Paint on the inside of the sponson's, the Arabians painted the bows of the old Dhows in that fashion there was a famous one called the Kuwait boom the Iraqis burned when they were there.

I kinda figured something like that but if you look at the pic the black lines up perfectly with the door or window in the back ground and that is what made it look odd.

[Steve 1]

I kinda figured something like that but if you look at the pic the black lines up perfectly with the door or window in the back ground and that is what made it look odd.

Yes saw that when I looked again at the photo, It is unusual so I can understand the comment.

[Steve 1]

Driving home from the plant oop's not in Lauderdale anymore.

[Steve 1]

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.

[Steve 1]

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.

[Powerabout]

How did you hook up the steering on the recreational boats?

[Steve 1]

How did you hook up the steering on the recreational boats?

Dual Hynautic Cylinders and a large tie bar.we were a stocking supplier in those days thanks for asking

[Powerabout]

Did you connect the tie bar to include any ackerman angle?

[Ratickle]

That thing is sweet Steve. Really sweet......

[Steve 1]

Did you connect the tie bar to include any ackerman angle?

Came straight off the tiller arm to the tie bar system,there was no compensation added, we had a heavy large OD SS Military tie bar that was made in house so it was easy to get the custom lengths for the fishing boats.

[Steve 1]

That thing is sweet Steve. Really sweet......

Thank you BTW I hate the old shoebox Hull/Deck type fit so I went this route which gave me a lot of freedom to shape plus a boat that was solid as a rock.

[Steve 1]

Catch up on some pictures here,Dave 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.

[Steve 1]

This holding fixture was built at the time of Prototype, here we are getting ready to do the splash well.

[Steve 1]

The parts going in the Cat had to be cut very close as there was no room for error,This pneumatic clamping jig was built and the patterns were held down and Frames or whatever were cut out on this table which allowed both hands on the machine and quick setup..

[glassdave]

Catch up on some pictures here,Dave 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.

so you had one vacuum system plumbed throughout rather then a mobile type unit on a cart or something? Thats cool. I started using regulators on a vac system over the last few years as i got bigger/stronger pumps and i started using more epoxies. With the long cure times i realized if you were not careful you could drag just about all the resin out of a laminate. What is the max setting you would use?

i really those pneumatic clamps . . . . no chance of finding those at Harbor Freight huh?

Hey in the other thread with the poll about a new cat i vote to bring this baby back

[Steve 1]

so you had one vacuum system plumbed throughout rather then a mobile type unit on a cart or something? Thats cool. I started using regulators on a vac system over the last few years as i got bigger/stronger pumps and i started using more epoxies. With the long cure times i realized if you were not careful you could drag just about all the resin out of a laminate. What is the max setting you would use?


Hey in the other thread with the poll about a new cat i vote to bring this baby back

On ester resins never more than 3 HG it will get spotty after that. The epoxies I start @ 5 HG and and then ramp up ,Infusion 27-28 or do not open the resin valve.

[Steve 1]

so you had one vacuum system plumbed throughout rather then a mobile type unit on a cart or something? Thats cool. I started using regulators on a vac system over the last few years as i got bigger/stronger pumps and i started using more epoxies. With the long cure times i realized if you were not careful you could drag just about all the resin out of a laminate. What is the max setting you would use?

i really those pneumatic clamps . . . . no chance of finding those at Harbor Freight huh?

Hey in the other thread with the poll about a new cat i vote to bring this baby back

The Ten meter 8 Model or the 36?