Would You Say This is an Air or Ice Boat?
12-11-2012, 11:19 AM
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Would You Say This is an Air or Ice Boat?
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RE: Would You Say This is an Air or Ice Boat?
Nice - the rudders remind me of what I did with one of my airboats.... it does work!
One of my early very rought versions:
One of my early very rought versions:
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RE: Would You Say This is an Air or Ice Boat?
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Ok, the “Icy Air Ski” will turn on a dime with the oversized rudder, as it's just as wide as the prop. I added a new prop, the other smaller 3 bladed one was clocked at 45mph on snow covered ice, no wax needed. I just fixed the skis as I was a little anxious to get it running again, so I took it outback in the gravel lot. It had no problems with the newer prop gliding over the gravel and going up hill in the grass. But once I started doing 360’s they let go… HA HA!
