what is it?
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Rasputin22
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Titanium 50' charter catamaran for Waikiki Beach.
Veeger
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Bett's yard
Tanton Y_M
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Bett's method of construction for aluminum.
BWR
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Beat me, Bett's Cat extensions as above
ROADKILL666
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WHAT'S ALUMINUM? 
Hitchhiker
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ROADKILL666
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I THINK I REMEMBER THAT STUFF
Sail4beer
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I dunno, but whatever it is, it’s gonna have a wide stance.
Take it to Multihull Anarchy!
Take it to Multihull Anarchy!
Rasputin22
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Actually that is not aluminum or aluminium for that matter. Every part of the boat you see in that photo is .125" Titanium as well as the hull plating. Keelson may be 1/4" (instead of 3/8") as Jim didn't like the big difference between the thickness of the two plates for welding. Lots of pitfalls welding with Ti!
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Well we will see how long it takes before they have issues with the welds cracking.
Rasputin22
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Betts sent out welded test panels to a testing lab and they broke their machine twice in pull tests. We are going to need a bigger test machine. One of the test panels sent to the client was subjected to first his big Dual Cab Dually pickup running over it on concrete. Then he had the big high rise forklift at the marina run over it. Still no issues. Then he had the 100 Ton Travelift run over it and he finally saw some bending at the welds but no cracking. All the welding is being done in an inert gas shield.
sonicpops
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It's the leading edge D-Box for a J3 Super Cub. Easy one.
Pretty sure they call that aluminum...
Somebody Else
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Yep. Titanium beach cat for the Waikiki tourist dinner sunset cruises.
J3 = Piper Cub
PA-18 = Piper Super Cub
(But I can't tell for which this titanium construction is destined.)
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