Finished the New Thruster Arm

The 2 machined pieces.

Fitting and comparing to the existing arm... our version looks as good as the one that was machined professionally!

Seth prepares to weld it up

ZAP, CRACKLE

Roughly filed down, this part is complete! Now we just need to have it annodized.

Thruster Arm Progress

The thruster arm's end is nearly complete.

Plan B: A New Thruster

Since we have had no luck finding our lost thruster, we are moving ahead with "Plan B", machining a new thruster arm to hold our spare thruster. We will continue the search for the original, but at least now we can plan to be back in the water and testing by a specific date.

Since this is fairly simple fabrication, it is far faster and cheaper for us to do the machining ourselves at a local shop.