Wing-borne hydrofoil

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Hull/beam/float in pool	Quarto by pool	Hull/beam/float in pool
Stephen's first time on board!
Assembly for exhibition	Assembly for exhibition
A new bag ready for infusion	Underside showing infusion complete
Bonding gudgeons to rudder stock with alignment jig	Rudder stock and gudgeon alignment jig	Hull and main beam
Reinforcing cage upright to torus joins	Cloth for cage upright to torus joins	Vacuum bagging cage upright to torus joins
Cage structurally completed	Styrofoam core and mould for beam to float bearing housing	Styrofoam core and mould for beam to float bearing housing
Laying up bearing housing and cone	Cloth in place for bearing housing and cone	Where is that leak?
Strut box	Float outer bearing housing	Rudder stock
Cage to main beam bearing alignment	Strut
Strut box lay up	Strut box bagged in "oven"	Main beam sleave inner layers
Main beam sleave outer layers	CMain beam sleave in latex bag - note light (dry!) patches	Main beam sleave scrapped due to patches of dry cloth
Cockpit seating and control console mockup	Rudder stock lay up preparation	Rudder stock bagged
Spar tubes for aero elevators	Cage pillars epoxied to torus	Main beam-using vacuum to stretch latex tube over braided carbon sleeve
Main beam curved section infusion	Main beam curved section after infusion	Strut lay up
Strut infusion	Float outer bearing housing infusion	Glen Stevens machining cage torus core
Malcolm Stevens reinforcing cockpit sides	Cage upright - vacuum removal of latex tube after infusion	Hydro stabilisers
Machining Bulb	Machining Bulb	Bulb rolling section
Bulb section fixes	John Summers rough cutting slewing ring bearings	2007 Mechanical Engineering Exhibition
Aerofoil layup	Aerofoil rib section	Aerofoil ribs
Accumulation of plugs and moulds	aerofoil plug	Aerofoil moulds
float infusion	float infusion	float infusion
Strut mould	Float plug	Float plug
Float plug	TAFE SA spray painting booth	Float plug
Our vacuum infusion apprenticeship guided by Adam Klopper from FGI	Where is that leak?	Hull layup complete
Laying in the hull core	Another good day's work completed	Whoops - try again for a closer fit
Infusing the hull	Infusing the hull	The hull - both halves
Cramped working conditions
TAFE SA composites facility	Float mould edge clean up	Joining the hull sides
Joining the hull sides
Aero elevator and fin mould	Infusing aero elevator and fin rib profile	Aero elevator and fin ribs
Cockpit side core	Rudder	Wet layup of cockpit side reinforcing tape
Hull and cage uprights	Slewing ring mould, housing and bearing	Photo shoot for local newspaper - never published
Photo shoot for local newspaper - never published	2008 Student Engineers - David Lenkic, Bradley Cook, Haydn Smith, Jarryd Pfeiffer, Luke Howard, Michael Cannizzo, Alex Horstmann, Alex Frank, seated: Bradley Darlington	2007 Student Engineers - Thomas Hill, Danya Cheng, Zhi Xia, Ashok Kaniyal, Joshua Holmes, Antoni Kourakis, Keith Crouch, seated: Luke Rogers, Benjamin Newbery, absent: Heath Nankivell
Hydrofoil bulb	Luke, Dr Ben Cazzolato, Dr Carl Howard inspecting hydrofoil bulb
Trevor, Luke Bourn removing float from mould	Heath Nankivell, Trevor, Gordon Armstrong removing hull from mould	Trevor Bourn lifting hull from mould