Grant Rollason Hydroplanes in Melton, Victoria | Automotive

Grant Rollason Hydroplanes

Locality: Melton, Victoria

Phone: +61 438 027 255

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25.01.2022 New nose is glued on.

25.01.2022 New capsule rear bulkhead built and fitted

24.01.2022 The 47 is completed, on the road home to Adelaide last Sunday. Kym has a bunch of work left. Wish him all the best and look forward seeing him on the water with the Ozlite 1.6 series

22.01.2022 Progress on the Times R Tuff 1.6 hydro. New capsule bottom and belly pan glassed. Afterplane mods done. The roll cage is around at fabricators getting welded at present.

21.01.2022 Lifting capsule for the new owner and changing the nose. Along with a bunch of repairs and maintenance.

21.01.2022 F1 canopy almost complete. New latch mechanism next on the list.

21.01.2022 Cage is welded. Base plates next.

18.01.2022 Capsule glued in.

18.01.2022 New front capsule bulkhead and nose

17.01.2022 The latest carbon-kevlar epoxy vacuum bagged seat. Weighs in at about the 2.5 kg

13.01.2022 Shaft tube glued and glassed. New hatches and flanges done

13.01.2022 Bottom of airtrap repaired and primed

12.01.2022 Have a bunch of chromoly tube to get bent up for Frogs capsule. Pick that up tomorrow and get it to the fabricator

12.01.2022 Built a new seat yesterday using carbon from Soller Composites. Very nice product. Will see what it comes out like next week when I come back from NZ, Lake Rotoiti race. Looking forward to some more hydroplane racing including some classic rear seaters.

09.01.2022 New rear deck piece glued in

08.01.2022 Bagging the capsule

06.01.2022 Damaged bottom cut out. New panel built. Flange doublers glued in. New floor glued in

05.01.2022 Seat demolded. Came out pretty good

02.01.2022 Capsule work complete. New nose and crash bulkhead. Starting the priming

02.01.2022 So much happening over the last 4 months. Many changes. Will post something in the next month with updates of where, why and what is in the future. I am excited about what lies ahead. Till then, will be keeping it low key.

01.01.2022 New seat for the 1.6 hydroplane

01.01.2022 The last days back in May of the 1.6 capsule upgrade and hull work for Paul Norrish