Toy making in progress...squirt gun to end all...(jet pump squirt gun)

[jcyamaharider]

LMAO!!!! @0627Devildog I have this problem as well

 

[Julian]

Stop posting and maybe you'll get your work done faster to make more boating time. . . . . . Just sayin

If only....I typically post when conference calls I'm on get a grand stander blabbing on about something I'm not involved in....

 

[maboat]

....not sure a zip tie would hold as well as these clamps will, and those points are the primary failure points under pressure.

I suspect your non-reinforced vinyl hose is the weak link in the chain. I would replace that with reinforced hose (like @trace has - or better) before you put reduction nozzles on the end of the hose.

 

[Julian]

I suspect your non-reinforced vinyl hose is the weak link in the chain. I would replace that with reinforced hose (like @trace has - or better) before you put reduction nozzles on the end of the hose.

I was wondering about that....we'll just have to see...

 

[Lspeedss]

This is gonna be great..

 

[trace]

Nah, the hose isn't going to be a problem, he's not going to generate enough pressure for that to be a problem using no-wake mode. The collector doesn't capture all the flow out of the pump, there is a ton of blowby.

 

[Julian]

Video is processing.....then will need to upload it....won't be long....and no wake mode wasn't enough.....

 

[Julian]

So here is the video of the result of this little project. Unfortunately I was on my own, so I had to put my phone down on the dock to get video. I used 2 nozzles one 3/4 in and one 1/2 inch. It really didn't make much difference other than the volume of water being delivered -the distance was pretty much the same.

Distances:
Idle Speed 2-3 feet
2400 rpm No Wake Mode 6-8 feet
4-5,000 rpm 30-50 feet.

 

[Magic]

Yeah, at idle you might wanna have your boats prostate checked.....

But at the higher RsPM......Hmmmmmm...

 

[Julian]

I almost put an "ahhhhhhhh" caption over the idle spots!

 

[Volffas]

Thanks for posting the video, that thing looks like a ton of fun!

I gotta say that I really thought it would spray much further at the low rpms.

 

[Julian]

Keep in mind, it sits in the pump when it is in neutral, and doesn't cover the whole thing, so there is quite a bit of blowby (as trace pointed out). I'm sure it would go further if I gave it more RPMs, but I was on my own and didn't have the hands to hold it well and goose the throttles

 

[KXCam22]

You should strap a water cannon to the tower. Cam.

 

[Julian]

Another reason I have to convince my wife to let me get a tower! LOL

 

[Julian]

The beginning of the video at idle looked like Julian was taking a piss off the dock

Hey! First rule of doing mods to the boat is to have a few beers while working in it!

 

[GTBRMC]

You can use that in case you ever run into those Japanese whaling ships!

 

[Lspeedss]

Cool @Julian What would it do with no nozzle at all...??

 

[Julian]

@Lspeedss I should have tried it with no nozzle, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't care! You'd just have a 1 inch stream of water vs 3/4 or 1/2! At that level, it might be more like a firehose than a squirt gun!

 

[Lspeedss]

Fire hose!! wasn't that the idea? lol

 

[txav8r]

@Julian at least you might knock someone off the swim deck with a 1" column of water!