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    What not to do with an airboat

    With the November freeze up of our lake I decided to take the airboat out on the ice to see how it performed. I did some pre-ice testing in the snow to check the controllability of the boat before venturing out on the ice. In the snow the boat handled great so I took it out on the ice (which had 1/2 inch of snow cover) and made a few runs before asking my wife to make a short video. I found the boat to go nearly twice as fast in snow as it does in water and in trying to impress the camera, I made a fast pass and didn't get off the gas fast enough. I tried to turn and the boat went sliding sideways and continued until crashing into the neighbors dock, smashing my gunwale and dislodging my rudders.

    LESSON LEARNED ... BE CAREFUL ON ICE !!!!!

    Although it's difficult to actually see the crash in this video, I completely annihilated a 1 1/2" steel pipe and dock corner in the far bay Note the sagging rudders at the end!

    http://youtu.be/8IWh_sWtj_o
    Last edited by aerokirk; 11-25-2014 at 09:12 AM.
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