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Louisiana, not Italy.









Thanks for looking.

[color=#0000ff]Awesome scenery L.T. But won't the wump wump from that Huey scare the little fishies?

[quote][color=#0000ff]Awesome scenery L.T. But won't the wump wump from that Huey scare the little fishies?

Nice shots!
Althoug I think I might prefer the Italian Venice - less swamp and moskitos, more Italian ice cream 

Good morning Larry...

You typed something that got me thinking about a conversation I heard at a bugsmasher field before Christmas.

First of all great shots and I really like the water, looks awesome....

Now you can tell me because I bet you know.

Can an airboat travel on land and if yes how far?  Do they actually put little wheels on them and if so would they still steer it with the rudder?

Now I heard both sides of the conversation to my question at the bugsmasher field and one aviator said they do put wheels on them and many others like myself find that hard to believe.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Good afternoon Larry...

I found this site amongst many others on the topic so I guess I answered my own questions...

You will see the wheeled ice boats in the Gallery section of the Link...

http://www.huskyairboats.com/

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

I've never actually been around an airboat Doug, but I've seen them on tv a lot. I take that back. I just remembered seeing one at a local lake a few years ago. But it stayed in the water. Very noisy, compared to outboard equipped craft.

I know they sometimes travel short distances over land, usually without slowing much. Wheels? Not to my knowledge. The bottom is flat and in the swamp, many places are barely above water and covered with reeds or grass of some type and don't really impede progress much. Don't think it would do very well for more than a few yards though.

Hi Larry...

You must have posted about the same time I did...

Check out the Link above your post...some interesting shots in the Gallery...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Good afternoon Larry...

I found this site amongst many others on the topic so I guess I answered my own questions...

You will see the wheeled ice boats in the Gallery section of the Link...

http://www.huskyairboats.com/

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

On those, wheels would be necessary. The ones I'm familiar with have flat bottoms. These would probably not do as well over land. I've seen the flat bottom versions go quite a distance sideways.

[color=#0000ff]That is a great link Doug and I'm think I'll scour the net to see if anyone's made one for FSX.

Splendid picture!  Amazing job 

[quote]Splendid picture!