Well with spring just around the corner I thought I'd better get busy and finish my air powered rescue boat.

I was going over some of my "round-tuit" list and found I need to get this project finished this year before the boating season starts up at the River. It's only 4 months away before the water gets turned on in the camp.
So with out further long winded explanations I start with some pictures I took back in September.
I already had the wooded platform screwed to the frame. Now the motors needed to get mounted to the platforms. That was done by making a couple of wooden cradles for each motor and gluing them on to the platform.

Next the motors needed to be strapped to the cradles. I used a piece of copper wire to determine the length of brass rod I would need.

A pic without the motor.

Next a piece of brass rod was cut to length and thread 2-56 at both ends.

The center line of both the brass rod and pipe were determined and marked.

The brass rod was lined up and clamped.

It was then bent into a "U" shape around the pipe.

The motor was mounted and the rod checked for fit.

A piece of aluminum was added so the nuts wouldn't be pulled through the wood when tightened.

That's were the boat stands now. It will need to get some holes and dents filled in with some auto body puty and then it will be covered with fiberglass cloth. Might even get a paint job.

I still need to buy a radio for it and work out the steering of the rudders. I've also found an electronic drive that I'm going to use for controling the motors.
That's it for now.
Bernd