by dbirge hsp839 » Jan 03, 2018 10:46 pm
i actually just went ahead & put it back as before. Overall im not sure it would have hurt it to leave the foot well. Figured, I've come this far in the process so why leave it to chance. The vector, what i removed from mine anyway, had the floor to the dash like your viper, the step up extending 1"-2" guessing. The ledge was actually in this case the overlapping fiber glassed joint of another 2 feet or so, maybe less, of the plywood floor. Where this short section ends is where the air box started & extended to the bow. My thinking was that as the floor provides a lateral brace support, so to speak, across for the rear section of the hull once glassed in gives strength overall the covered area. I probably gave a little too much thought to it but the more i thought about the more it made sense. As far as im aware & aware of the viper layout i am not; the vector & viper are fairly similar in core placement & floor layout. Though the 2' or so of plywood floor beyond the step up & before the keel box/air box in my vector could be just the difference in the length of the 2 hulls.
Anyway, thanks for the input on the matter!
i actually just went ahead & put it back as before. Overall im not sure it would have hurt it to leave the foot well. Figured, I've come this far in the process so why leave it to chance. The vector, what i removed from mine anyway, had the floor to the dash like your viper, the step up extending 1"-2" guessing. The ledge was actually in this case the overlapping fiber glassed joint of another 2 feet or so, maybe less, of the plywood floor. Where this short section ends is where the air box started & extended to the bow. My thinking was that as the floor provides a lateral brace support, so to speak, across for the rear section of the hull once glassed in gives strength overall the covered area. I probably gave a little too much thought to it but the more i thought about the more it made sense. As far as im aware & aware of the viper layout i am not; the vector & viper are fairly similar in core placement & floor layout. Though the 2' or so of plywood floor beyond the step up & before the keel box/air box in my vector could be just the difference in the length of the 2 hulls.
Anyway, thanks for the input on the matter!