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Airboats durning floods are useless
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:43 pm
We have learned that unless you are trying to get somewhere in a hurry, they are too loud and maneuverability is horrible. A flood rescue boat needs to be as quiet as possible to hear people yelling. It needs to be aluminum a chain linnk fence will shrewd a inflatable. A shallow water engine is way better than an outboard.
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Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:44 pm to Dominate308
Dope
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:44 pm to Dominate308
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Airboats durning floods are useless
Considering the amount of people saved by airboats, this is fricking asinine.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:47 pm to slackster
They are great at ferrying people from point A to point B. But if you don't find them then you can't save them.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:47 pm to Dominate308
Show me a mud boat that can jump across stretches of dry ground and inches deep water and I will agree you don't ever need an airboat.
As for the aluminum hull thing, well no shite. If someone brought an inflatable out there they weren't very bright.
As for the aluminum hull thing, well no shite. If someone brought an inflatable out there they weren't very bright.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:47 pm to Dominate308
Airboats may not be optimal, but this kind of situation is the epitome of beggars cannot be choosers.
Inflatables with 36V trolling motors and an endless supply of charged batteries would be great, but that's not how this works.
Inflatables with 36V trolling motors and an endless supply of charged batteries would be great, but that's not how this works.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:48 pm to slackster
Let's talk about airboat wakes. The three foot kind.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:49 pm to Dominate308
I bet you would turn down a flat boat because it smelled like fish, or it didn't have an actual seat. The people that needed to be rescued did not give a shite how people helped.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:49 pm to Dominate308
kind of silly to say useless. Not optimal maybe...
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:50 pm to Dominate308
Some dude on airboat picked up your girl?
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:50 pm to Dominate308
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Let's talk about airboat wakes. The three foot kind.
Why don't we talk about how many boats you saw push a 3' wake and then you can describe what fricking difference it makes if a house has 6ft or 9ft of water when that airboat pulls up and saves people from the roof.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:51 pm to Scooba
Describe the boat you would buy if your company/fire depatment had to buy 10 today?
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:51 pm to Dominate308
Just because an airboat isn't ideal for a flood rescue mission doesn't mean it's useless.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:51 pm to Dominate308
Good thread, will read again
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:52 pm to Dominate308
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This post was edited on 3/8/21 at 11:52 am
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:52 pm to Dominate308
Would you turn down being rescued by someone who would be on an airboat?
I'll hang up and listen...
I'll hang up and listen...
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:54 pm to Kegg
I guess we could drop paratroopers from F18's but it would be a poor option.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:54 pm to Dominate308
what the frick drives someone with 100 post to come on here and bitch about air boats out of left field when they were just responsible for saving lives?
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:55 pm to Dominate308
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Let's talk about airboat wakes. The three foot kind.
Ahh, so we're just talking about assholes, not airboats.
My grandparents had a 3+ feet wake damn near take out their front windows after they already had 9" in the house. It came from an a-hole driving an 18-wheeler.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:55 pm to Dominate308
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Describe the boat you would buy if your company/fire depatment had to buy 10 today?
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