Results 1 to 10 of 10
  1. #1
    Member JoePA's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    Tamaqua
    Posts
    5,529

    Build photos or video?

    These boats look great and seem to perform quite well in other areas besides just going fast. Are there any build videos, plant tours, pics etc of how they are built?
    Joe Galada - Tamaqua, PA
    2004 Ranger 521VX - Yamaha 250 SHO

  2. Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2012
    Location
    Central Arkansas
    Posts
    196
    #2
    Quote Originally Posted by JoePA View Post
    These boats look great and seem to perform quite well in other areas besides just going fast. Are there any build videos, plant tours, pics etc of how they are built?
    There is some stuff on the ballistic boats Facebook page....I have actually worked on one of these boats (installed electronics) and been able to run and fish out of these boats.....Fit and finish is better than any boat I have ever seen, and I have messed with every brand. It rides great, but best part is that it is a mega stable fishing platform. Really impressed all the way around with the boat.

  3. Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2018
    Location
    Arkansas
    Posts
    511
    #3
    Joe,

    I'll try and get a walk through video posted up tomorrow on the boat. Like Gentry said in the post above, there are lots of video's/photo's/info on Ballistic Boat's Facebook page. Other great source is Ballistic Owners Facebook page. I'll try and find the video's on the Vaccum infusion process when Jim is building the boat- it's pretty dang neat!
    Blazer 650 PRO /Nizpro SC SHO

  4. Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2018
    Location
    Arkansas
    Posts
    511
    #4
    56119642_810631859316378_5257577833353445376_n.jpg56119926_810631919316372_1355487984945725440_n.jpg56162087_810631995983031_4662260155985952768_n.jpg56226190_810632035983027_5764284653162725376_n.jpg56426993_810632015983029_7706926871136436224_n.jpg56515057_810631902649707_5179094242391228416_n.jpg

    Here is just a very important part of the build process - Vacuum Infusion- not vacuum formed, but Infusion - Using 100% Vinyl Ester Resin and Vaccum Infusion, the strenght of Ballistic Hulls are improved by 11X!! 100% vinly ester resin, Carbon Fiber, and Kevlar combined with the infusion process creates the strongest, lightest hulls possible.
    Blazer 650 PRO /Nizpro SC SHO

  5. Member
    Join Date
    May 2018
    Location
    Limestone, TN
    Posts
    1,297
    #5
    Looks impressive

  6. Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2015
    Location
    Blue Ridge, GA
    Posts
    39
    #6
    I don't own one but have been following them for a while and I can tell you there isn't currently and has never been a better built boat. What he's doing is truly extraordinary
    Bullet 21XD/250 Racing XS

  7. Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2014
    Location
    SW, Ohio
    Posts
    17,196
    #7
    can boats be ordered is almost any color wanted?
    2022 z519 cup 225 merc 4s ser # 3B210484. 2--hds12 live units. 2 poles, atlas plate, ghost, hamby's, active target, merc digital gauges
    2002 basscat pantera 3 (dad bought new) sold 8-2-22
    2000 stratos 20 ss (bought new) 200 hp Rude ficht great boat/motor sold 11-21
    pulled by a 2500HD Denali
    proud dad of an ARMY Captain
    MAGA
    ASE/GM Master tech before tools

  8. Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    Bossier City
    Posts
    463
    #8
    Yes

  9. Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    Living the good life on Lake Hartwell, Fair Play, SC
    Posts
    6,909
    #9
    Am I seeing that correctly?? Is there any chopped fiberglass used? How is the resin applied to the sheets of fiberglass? Or is that a step missed in these pics? That's pretty cool and looks to be labor intensive setting up all those hoses.
    2013 Allison XB-21 BasSport Pro
    2023 Mercury Racing 300R
    Bravo FS 30P
    ProMax 30P

  10. Member
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Location
    Castaic, CA
    Posts
    151
    #10
    The resin goes through all those hoses into the bag and is forced through all the layers of glass and carbon fiber. It looks like a few different types of glass with what looks like Bi and Tri directional mat. Once the resin goes into all the glass the same tubes suck all the excess resin and air of the same bagging system which leaves just the right amount of resin to bind it all together as tightly as possible.