Builders log Jeremy L Finished Build 28/01/2021 / 28/01/2021 by Jeremy Ludlow | Leave a Comment After all the blood sweat and tears. Here is Sui Generis, the first ever PMR1 on planet Earth. She started life very pretty indeed. The WA sun and salt has changed things since she was first flown. So now the build is done you can hear all about how she goes! As I write this […] Read more »
Builders log Jeremy L Steering and Cockpit 28/01/2021 / 28/01/2021 by Jeremy Ludlow | Leave a Comment Handlebars The handlebars are so not exotic. I collected them off the verge collection. They belonged to a childrens bike. Now they look flash in a PMR1. The handlebar holder to the dash is equally unassuming. It was just a Plastic T piece from a blow-up pool. It does the trick of holding the bars […] Read more »
Builders log Jeremy L Engine and Transmission 28/01/2021 / 28/01/2021 by Jeremy Ludlow | Leave a Comment Simply a photo mocking up how the drive will fit into the duct and be vibration mounted. Some details of the rear drive fitting and the duct painted and ready to be fitted to the hull. Final pictures of the duct fitted with the rear drive in place ready for the engine to be fitted […] Read more »
Builders log Jeremy L Duct 11/11/2020 / 13/11/2020 by Jeremy Ludlow | Leave a Comment here we are at the business end of the PMR1 build. We will have the duct built (read put together). Also the beautiful marriage of the rear drive with the duct assembly. All this! keep reading. Read more »
Builders log Jeremy L Skirt and duct 16/09/2020 / 29/09/2020 by Jeremy Ludlow | Leave a Comment I actually forgot how I put the bump strip on. A picture helps jog ones memory. So I used plastic cut to fit at a right angle. The bump strip was heated in the Perth sun for a few hours. The strip had to be handled with gloves at this point. Starting from the front, […] Read more »
Builders log Jeremy L Front Fairing and finishing underside 04/08/2020 / 30/08/2020 by Jeremy Ludlow | Leave a Comment The side decks are in place in the photos as well as the front fairing. Quite a bit of work has gone in to reach this point. This is also where you find out how square your work to date has been. If you have followed the instructions the front fairing will fit, if not […] Read more »
Builders log Jeremy L Side and Rear Decks 03/08/2020 / 30/08/2020 by Jeremy Ludlow | Leave a Comment The inner attach picture shows all the dry wall screws in the hull. These have p clips attached. These will be the lower cable tie skirt attach points. They were all trimmed so as no to have a bunch of spikes in the hull. The inside where the trimming happened was sprayed with spray rubber […] Read more »
Builders log Jeremy L Airfeed holes and hull edges 25/04/2020 / 29/08/2020 by Jeremy Ludlow | Leave a Comment This set of pictures is putting the parts in the correct place and glueing them together with the hot glue gun. Once glued the whole lot is glassed to hold it all together nicely. The air feed holes are done at this point as they are easy to get to. They also require glassing to […] Read more »
Builders log Jeremy L The glueing begins 01/04/2020 / 28/08/2020 by Jeremy Ludlow | Leave a Comment Once the cutting is done, the glueing begins. Hot glue is all you need. Read more »
Builders log Jeremy L The start of cutting. 30/03/2020 / 28/08/2020 by Jeremy Ludlow | Leave a Comment Read more »