I've always wondered what these are like to ride in, anyone here know?
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That looks like he's is running a BBC with a gear reduction, or increaser, for the prop. I hope it spins the prop faster without buzzing the engine. We have customers that run direct drives and blow engines left and right.
I would wear a face shield riding in that in the swamp. I don't like the way bugs taste.BS'er formally known as Rebeldryver
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I've been overeducated in Airboats the past 12 months. A lot of folks here in Kearney are into them, and lots of them run our crate engines (just ask Scott Liggett about the tech support on these, haha).
A prop is only good for low RPMs, like < 3000, so if you direct drive them you are really lugging the engine - but if you spend more money, you add a gear reduction so the engine can spin higher RPM. They still tear up engines because there is a lot of harmonic stuff going on between the prop and engine itself. But they are a ton of fun. Here are some pics I took of one of the airboat trips we took up the Platte river this past summer in Kearney.
They have a very large, national event called "Thunder on the Loop" here with drag and course racing, and you see some pretty crazy stuff. I tuned a turbo airboat a few years back that did well in the drag races.
Pics from this summer:
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