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re: Airboats-Why Are They So Expensive?
Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:18 pm to TexasTiger01
Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:18 pm to TexasTiger01
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I've always wondered how a diesel engine would work in an Airboat.
Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too heavy and low revving.
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Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:43 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Might be able to rig it up belt driven with different sized gears. Their weight/hp ratio would suck unless extensive mods were done though
Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:45 pm to Hammertime
Marine gas engines are the best airboat motors IMO.
I have no desire to have one of those rigs with the drag car motors on them. Have fun rebuilding it every year.
I have no desire to have one of those rigs with the drag car motors on them. Have fun rebuilding it every year.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:48 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too heavy and low revving.
That's what I was curious of.... Maybe not, check out these videos.
Yeti Commercial and Cummings airboat video
Duramax video
Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:50 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Folks are dumping their airboats around here for jetboats for skinny water. Prices on airboats are coming down.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:52 pm to TexasTiger01
That's pretty badass.
I still don't think I'd want a diesel airboat though. They're too damned heavy.
I still don't think I'd want a diesel airboat though. They're too damned heavy.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:55 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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I still don't think I'd want a diesel airboat though. They're too damned heavy.
I hear that. Survival pack - chain saw, 15K winch, come-a-long, 25 gallons Dawn soap, and ether!!!!
This post was edited on 4/3/14 at 2:56 pm
Posted on 4/3/14 at 2:57 pm to TexasTiger01
Don't make this a survival zombie apocalypse thread 
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:00 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
a lot of the older boats around here have aircraft engines that reach max horsepower at relatively low RPMs. They are expensive though.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:01 pm to RogerTheShrubber
I know lycoming (spelling?) airplane engines are very popular for small airboats. They make more sense than anything else IMO. It's as close to a purpose-built motor as you'll get.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:04 pm to RogerTheShrubber
quote:Muddy water and grass wouldn't mess up the jetboat engine?
Folks are dumping their airboats around here for jetboats for skinny water. Prices on airboats are coming down.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:08 pm to boom roasted
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Muddy water and grass wouldn't mess up the jetboat engine?
Yes!!! I had a 21' Taylor jetboat with a 460 in it years back. Weeds are the devil!!!!!
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:29 pm to boom roasted
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Muddy water and grass wouldn't mess up the jetboat engine?
Not much of an issue here.
Shaggy
This post was edited on 4/3/14 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:32 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Interesting. I'd think that the mud and grass would frick it all up.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:52 pm to RogerTheShrubber
As long as you get the boat on plane you can run over small weed beds fairly easy. I used to run the Bernie Adams pipeline from Belle River to Lake Verret, it was a cut about like the one in the video. But if you suck up hydrainda when trying to plane you're screwed. Not to mention sucking up and ice bag at 60MPH some punk threw in the water.... 
This post was edited on 4/3/14 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 4/3/14 at 3:59 pm to TexasTiger01
You can safely maneuver the jetboat in about 4" of water.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 4:03 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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You can safely maneuver the jetboat in about 4" of water
Yes, with a rock or sand bottom. In the swamp or marsh, NO.
How to remove weeds and trash from impeller....
This post was edited on 4/3/14 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 4/3/14 at 5:04 pm to Ole Geauxt
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little gator, cawz dey be lowder dan most of de boatz, duh.
You may need to take me for a ride in your swamp blaster sometime--preferably after some Cajun vittles and a few adult beverages.
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