Jon boat + bandit airdrive = boat + snow vehicle. I live in Ontario and walking on the ice (to fishing spots) is a pain in the ass. With this you get a fast boat and snowmobile.
Seems to me this is the best of both worlds you can go anywhere you want to go you are not dragging a prop of water you're not sucking up dirt and debris in a jet
Looks slick! This might also work on our lake at times when the ice is too thin to safely walk on or drive a snow machine and too thick to use an outboard.
Awesome recommendation from you tube, makes a change. Looking forward to exploring your channel a bit, I've seen a few Briggs in homebuilt aircraft and am interested in anything with a prop on it.
There’s no clutch, so the propeller is turning even when the engine is idling. But it doesn’t generate very much thrust at idle so it doesn’t move very much
@@LoneStarHovercraftthere is one company in the mud motor world that is now offering a "retriever" clutch (as mudskipper calls it) effectively converting a direct drive to a centrifugal clutch. I wonder if that will be in the future for these types of air drives. It would be pretty sweet.
I live in Louisiana and we have a lot of weeds both above and below the water ! I would like to see this thing go through some thick heavy weeds - can it do that?
We have a lot more pictures and info on our website www.banditairdrives.com. If you decide to build your own, we can get you a good propeller to match your engine.
Yes, we’re still in business. We have a couple of the small Airdrives in stock now, and we’ve replaced the one in this video with a simpler direct drive version called the Bandit 38. You can see details on our website.
Jon boat + bandit airdrive = boat + snow vehicle. I live in Ontario and walking on the ice (to fishing spots) is a pain in the ass. With this you get a fast boat and snowmobile.
Seems to me this is the best of both worlds you can go anywhere you want to go you are not dragging a prop of water you're not sucking up dirt and debris in a jet
Looks slick! This might also work on our lake at times when the ice is too thin to safely walk on or drive a snow machine and too thick to use an outboard.
Awesome recommendation from you tube, makes a change.
Looking forward to exploring your channel a bit, I've seen a few Briggs in homebuilt aircraft and am interested in anything with a prop on it.
Great way of moving around indeed. Is the prop on those moving on idle speed or only when revving up
There’s no clutch, so the propeller is turning even when the engine is idling. But it doesn’t generate very much thrust at idle so it doesn’t move very much
@@LoneStarHovercraftthere is one company in the mud motor world that is now offering a "retriever" clutch (as mudskipper calls it) effectively converting a direct drive to a centrifugal clutch. I wonder if that will be in the future for these types of air drives. It would be pretty sweet.
Will this push through deeper snow over ice, like 20-24"?
Wow love it
I live in Louisiana and we have a lot of weeds both above and below the water ! I would like to see this thing go through some thick heavy weeds - can it do that?
Yep
I have a jon boat and I want to turn mine into something like that, where can I get an engine and propeller set up like that?
We have reduction drives and propellers on our website www.banditAirdrives.com
So it takes 25Hp air prop to go as fast as a 5hp outboard
Yes, a propeller in the air is much less efficient than a propeller in the water
What size motor used? Harbor freight 22 works good I hear with the reduction drive.
This is a Subaru 25 hp, but the HF 22 hp works well too
nice one man
What’s the top speed with that setup
It’s about 25 mph with one person, and 18-20 mph with 2 people
Very nice. Will it make it over a sand bar with about an inch of water or a log protruding the water?
Is this example running a 22hp Predator or the Kholer?
This is a Subaru 25 hp engine
I am getting one or makings one. Any idea or info on these
We have a lot more pictures and info on our website www.banditairdrives.com. If you decide to build your own, we can get you a good propeller to match your engine.
does it have a kill switch to wear?
Yes, it has a lanyard kill switch similar to the ones on jet skis
are you guys still in business?
Yes, we’re still in business. We have a couple of the small Airdrives in stock now, and we’ve replaced the one in this video with a simpler direct drive version called the Bandit 38. You can see details on our website.
Mostra o motor quantos hp tamanho do bote
нормальный аппарат ))
Me wants
Though the scenery was nice I gave this a thumbs down because I wanted to see the dang boat and it:s airdrive motor.
We have lots of videos that show the dang boat and airdrive: ruclips.net/video/dEoUkCEjdto/видео.html
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