Doug Wright building new 35 foot cat
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It's going to be an awesome rig for sure! I would love to see APBA bring back a modern day equivalent of Stock and Super Stock outboard classes. With the current Mercury outboard offerings, make Stock be 30'-32' twin 400ROS boats (X-Cat rules) and Super Stock be 34'-38' triple 400ROS boats. It would be so cool to see the new 34 MTI against the new 35 DW against a 368 Skater - all with triple 400ROS. Kudos to Doug for building this new boat, I'm sure it will be a big success!
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When comparing a DW to a Skater the front sponsons are very different. On a Skater they become very "tall" before they taper to the bow which is the opposite of the DW. What are the functionality differences between each style?.
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^^^^^^ hopefully someone who knows can chime in
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Video #3 35RT
CNC the tunnel
http://youtu.be/zzEsnMI6iRA
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Video #3 35RT
CNC the tunnel
http://youtu.be/zzEsnMI6iRA
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The 35RT tunnel mold is complete. There are 3 parts to the mold (tunnel, 2 sponsons). The 3 parts are aligned with markers. the green color in the pics is the epoxy resin with glass.
Further below, a thick putty substance is applied. This will be the coating that will be milled to bring the mold to within CAD model specs.
click on image
![](http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff488/Noli1012/doug_wright/35/RT/mold/35RT_tunnel_plug1.jpg)
![](http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff488/Noli1012/doug_wright/35/RT/mold/35RT_tunnel_plug2.jpg)
The 35RT tunnel mold is complete. There are 3 parts to the mold (tunnel, 2 sponsons). The 3 parts are aligned with markers. the green color in the pics is the epoxy resin with glass.
Further below, a thick putty substance is applied. This will be the coating that will be milled to bring the mold to within CAD model specs.
click on image
![](http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff488/Noli1012/doug_wright/35/RT/mold/35RT_tunnel_plug1.jpg)
![](http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff488/Noli1012/doug_wright/35/RT/mold/35RT_tunnel_plug2.jpg)
![](http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff488/Noli1012/doug_wright/35/RT/mold/35RT_tunnel_putty.jpg)
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Putty-like material being applied. When the putty has dried and hardened, milling begins again to cut it down to CAD specs.
http://youtu.be/tAtJLz4N5yI
Putty-like material being applied. When the putty has dried and hardened, milling begins again to cut it down to CAD specs.
http://youtu.be/tAtJLz4N5yI
Last edited by noli; 12-08-2016 at 02:37 PM.