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. read more…
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. read more…
I have now finished mounting the duct to the hull. At first I fitted the mounting flanges to the duct while it was on the bench. This proved to be. read more…
All of the side skirts have been sewn together. I cut ply templates from the plans to make the job easy. Carefull placement of the patterns means there is no. read more…
I built the duct jig next to plans and mounted it on a table for easy access and rotation. The first layer of 10mm foam was cut and strapped to. read more…
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.
The front deck sections have now been put together. I had a little issue with the dashboard section which threw me a bit and the sections didn’t go in completely. read more…
The next job forward was to set up the inner panels and then the decks. The inner panels were skinned with F/G and resin to instructions and then spot glued. read more…
All the joins on the inside hull have now been filled. If you take your time, use a fairly stiff epoxy/microballoon mix, the joins can be filled with an old. read more…
Steering and Cockpit
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. read more…
Engine and Transmission
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. read more…
Trevors build 11
I have now finished mounting the duct to the hull. At first I fitted the mounting flanges to the duct while it was on the bench. This proved to be. read more…
Trevors build 10
All of the side skirts have been sewn together. I cut ply templates from the plans to make the job easy. Carefull placement of the patterns means there is no. read more…
Walk around of craft build
A short video of a walk around view of craft under construction. Just at the point of finishing the duct and beginning the mechanicals
Trevors build 9
I built the duct jig next to plans and mounted it on a table for easy access and rotation. The first layer of 10mm foam was cut and strapped to. read more…
Duct
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.
Trevors build 8
The front deck sections have now been put together. I had a little issue with the dashboard section which threw me a bit and the sections didn’t go in completely. read more…
Trevors build 7
The next job forward was to set up the inner panels and then the decks. The inner panels were skinned with F/G and resin to instructions and then spot glued. read more…
Trevors build 6
All the joins on the inside hull have now been filled. If you take your time, use a fairly stiff epoxy/microballoon mix, the joins can be filled with an old. read more…