07-18-2011, 01:26 PM
Thanks for the comments! Excited to finally get this thing done after watching it sit for 3 weeks. Gotta love finals. Hopefully it performs GREAT on the water. Anythings better then getting in and out of my donut style tube 
On the battery, I have a holder for it, that is waterproof (see pics) but I still don't trust it. I have to drill a small whole into it somewhere, then re-seal the whole. As well as line the inside with foam to keep it secure inside the box. But I still don't trust it getting wet. So my intent is to, like i said, build a little self, you could say, that covers the nose of the tube. Put something flat and solid, then screw the box to it, just so it will be completely out of the water, eliminating one potential hazard. But my idea is to make everything removable/portable.
One thing that's concerning me right now with it. I blew the thing up, let it sit over night for a few nights, and it seems to be loosing air. Not a lot of air, but enough to be concerned. Curious if that's how all of them are or if this one has a hole/seam coming apart somewhere. I haven't blow this thing up to the point of really even being "FIRM" yet. So if the seam is coming apart already with now much I've blown it up, definitely got a problem.
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On the battery, I have a holder for it, that is waterproof (see pics) but I still don't trust it. I have to drill a small whole into it somewhere, then re-seal the whole. As well as line the inside with foam to keep it secure inside the box. But I still don't trust it getting wet. So my intent is to, like i said, build a little self, you could say, that covers the nose of the tube. Put something flat and solid, then screw the box to it, just so it will be completely out of the water, eliminating one potential hazard. But my idea is to make everything removable/portable.
One thing that's concerning me right now with it. I blew the thing up, let it sit over night for a few nights, and it seems to be loosing air. Not a lot of air, but enough to be concerned. Curious if that's how all of them are or if this one has a hole/seam coming apart somewhere. I haven't blow this thing up to the point of really even being "FIRM" yet. So if the seam is coming apart already with now much I've blown it up, definitely got a problem.
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