JetBoatPilot Lateral Thruster Debut!!

[JetBoatPilot]

@Mike Byrd pre sale pricing is good until mid September.

 

[JetBoatPilot]

Update: we began printing carbon fiber parts today. We chose carbon fiber infused PETG material for its strength and consistency. I will have pictures soon. We are dialing in our machines and will hopefully have production parts coming off the machines by next week. Once that's done we simply need to make sure we've developed install guides, sourced and received hardware and have created packaging. When this is all said and done we will likely hit our goal of mid to late September ship dates.

Thanks to all of you who have pre-ordered! We are looking forward to hearing your feedback!

 

[bobbie]

@JetBoatPilot. So psyched!! Just switched out my fins to tv's from cobra and double checked my wake and it's as good as usual.

 

[OperationROL]

@JetBoatPilot. So psyched!! Just switched out my fins to tv's from cobra and double checked my wake and it's as good as usual.

Awesome, Bobbie!

 

[JetBoatPilot]

@JetBoatPilot. So psyched!! Just switched out my fins to tv's from cobra and double checked my wake and it's as good as usual.

Glad to hear that!

 

[swatski]

On a ski it moves in the opposite direction of the input of the bars. So you would have to turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction you are used to. It would totally mess up what you have been taught to do on every boat made

Sure. But with a twin you could simply reduce or enclose the outer-facing "opening(s)" and the "Ride" would work like you want it.

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[JetBoatPilot]

Help me understand. If you block off the outer openings and when the nozzle is pointed right, the right side pump will have no effect due to the outer outlet being blocked. The water that was intended to exit at that point would become turbulent instead of laminar. I don't think it would be useful. At that point the left side pump would force water out of the right of the gate which would in turn push the boat in the opposite direction the operator intended, which would still produce counter-intuitive reverse control? What am I a leaving out?

 

[Pinhacker71]

I cannot wait to get mine. Wish they were here for this weekend.

 

[swatski]

Help me understand. If you block off the outer openings and when the nozzle is pointed right, the right side pump will have no effect due to the outer outlet being blocked. The water that was intended to exit at that point would become turbulent instead of laminar. I don't think it would be useful. At that point the left side pump would force water out of the right of the gate which would in turn push the boat in the opposite direction the operator intended, which would still produce counter-intuitive reverse control? What am I a leaving out?

I should not have made the "Ride" reference! Really meant just a pump bucket (Yamaha bucket used with the Ridesystem) modification, would only work in twins.:

Let's say this is a strbd side pump, a steering nozzle mounted bucket would have the right side (outer) opening reduced or enclosed. When turning the pump to the right, water exiting through the left side opening (in the bucket) would propel the turn to the right - lateral thrust - in the same direction as a regular reverse.
Unlike BRP pumps, with this modification the reverse would be "natural" with such steering nozzle-mounted bucket.
The other side (built in reverse orientation) would partially cancel the lateral thrust (to the right in the example above) but the vector would still be to the right because of the angles involved, and port side pump water would be diverted towards and hitting the stern.
That's all. It would be a bucket mod /opening (maybe shaped like a short nozzle) on the inside side surface of each bucket. Basically, just what Yamaha already has, just enclosed in the outside direction on both pumps.
Sorry, didn't mean to hijack - I was just reading the thread and ran into @Neutron comment which made me respond.

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[Pinhacker71]

Any dates for shipping yet? Anxiously waiting.

 

[JetBoatPilot]

@Pinhacker71 we are finalizing materials selection and hope to begin printing production versions in the next week or so. Hopefully shipping by late September. Design is completely done, stickers are on the way, boxes are here, hardware is here, video is produced. We're just making triple sure that the material that we've selected will hold up well for the duration. We're leaning towards carbon fiber infused PLA or carbon ABS. Hope to have answers soon.

 

[Pinhacker71]

sounds great

 

[BigAbe75]

How long was the preorder sale/promotion good? Have you firmed up what the real price will be after the promotion?

 

[msavold]

@JetBoatPilot - following up (Ok, repeating) @BigAbe75 's question, can we still pre-order? I was planning to call this week but I figured you guys might have your hands full with all the other crap going on... (Hope you fared o.k. by the way!)

 

[JetBoatPilot]

@BigAbe75 and @msavold the pre-order period is open till September 15th. After that the Lateral Thrusters will go up $50.

And thanks! We got just a little rain. No damage praise God!

 

[Jp207]

Thanks @JetBoatPilot for the unpdate! I was searching for your thread today to see how long it's been and to make sure I didn't miss an update. I can't wait to get my order. I just hope I get it before the boating season here in Maine is over! If not no worries I will have another thing to look forward to next year and look forward to the reviews!

 

[DrGamecock]

Paid my invoice today and can't wait until they ship! I might even forgo deer hunting one weekend to test them out. Thanks to Will and his crew for engineering such wonderful products.

 

[Bennie]

I might even forgo deer hunting one weekend to test them out.

Hey whoa-whoa don't get too hasty.
Haha

 

[CAM212SS]

@JetBoatPilot any new information for us

 

[JetBoatPilot]

@CAM212SS we are waiting on materials to arrive so we can begin manufacturing. We hope to receive them late this week or first of next week. Twin engine product will go out first, late September, then single engine product likely first of October.