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HINGED RADAR ARCH
- Thread starter GSENT
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im doing some work on a sea ray, the owner told me he had his arch hinged from a local shop. no visable hinge and hydraulic.
http://omnimarinefl.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=OM
http://omnimarinefl.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=OM
gary it absolutely can be done but..........hinging a large arch or motorizing a hinged arch is a really big undertaking. do you need to hinge the whole arch or can you simply hinge the radar mast itself. i'm assuming this is for bridge clearance.
i had a hinged radar mast made years ago for this reason and it was not too difficult to do.
i had a hinged radar mast made years ago for this reason and it was not too difficult to do.
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Starry Night's got a very nice set-up on his Trojan.
Although his is aluminum, can't see why the same cut out with bolstered backing hinge plates wouldn't work into the design.
http://www.boatered.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=134658
Although his is aluminum, can't see why the same cut out with bolstered backing hinge plates wouldn't work into the design.
http://www.boatered.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=134658
I saw a Regal ski boat at the Dallas Boat show last weekend. It used Linear actuators to raise and lower the arch. The actuators were in the boat below the gunnels and the arch was hinged! A pretty simple set up if you have access to a milling machine and actuators(ebay).....