All Fixed

These things work brilliantly for fixing bladder valve releases!!!

There are two in place along the port and middle struts (at the leading edge).

I'm going to go ahead and install one on the last sprint valve so I don't have to worry about it.  I also ordered some new one pump tubes.  When those are delivered, I'll install those as well and this kite should be good to go!

Labor Day Weekend Work on the Foils

I didn't get as far along as I had wanted to - lots of surfing and other events (time well spent), as well as some pretty humid days (I don't like placing epoxy in high humidity), but I did get some time in to the kite foil.

Two separate sessions sanding away with the random orbital sander - I was able to finish two fuselages and a main wing.

The kids couldn't tell the difference between the original parts and the ones I replicated.

Now to get these put together and out in the ocean -

Bench Sander and Scroll Saw Day

Yesterday afternoon I put in more time to getting pieces and parts lined up.  I used the bench sander to get the kitefoil front wing and two fuselages roughed in.

I tried sanding down the reinforcement blocks (for the mast tracks) with the bench sander, but it was taking longer than I wanted.  I cleared the scrolled saw (serves as a garage shelf when not in immediate use) and set it up to trim the blocks.  It worked perfectly!

Next steps here (as this now makes 5 concurrent projects) are using the random orbital sander to fair in the foil parts, and using the plunge router to clear a void for the mast track boxes to fit in.

Friday Evening Work on the Foils

Friday evening I had Marlon pour the bead around the bottom of the fuselage.  

And when all that was done, I started laying out the kite foil wing.

The project list is long - no being bored around here.