For the past 30 years my dad has been interested in hovercrafts. He’s collected small plane engines, made scale models, etc. Recently there was one in Clarence (2 person model) that we were beat by 20 minutes with a deposit. So since June we were looking at a few others and came across one in Rochester, NY
Soooo, last week we went out to see it and struck a deal.
It’s a 1989 SCAT Rescue XT which is 12’ long with a 50hp two valve airplane engine. This one was originally used in Ohio for flood and ice rescues.
It weighs less than 400lbs and will hold up to 750lbs (seating for 3-4 people). It goes on any flat service like grass, dirt, water, snow, and ice
So, this is going to be some of my summer fun, but a lot of my winter fun.
It get’s delivered (with included trailer) to my dad’s house tonight
It needs slight fiberglass repair of the hull. We are also going to fix the wiring. My dad is gung ho to get this thing out and being retired, he’ll work on it pretty quickly.
I’ll have my HD camera mounted for videos then But I’ll maybe do a little floating in his small yard tonight
An engine is an engine is an engine and they just make torque. It’s what the torque is applied to…
That looks like a 2 stroke air-cooled snowmobile engine on it. Perfect choice, light weight, no additional cooling system, great power to weight ratio.
But I’ll maybe do a little floating in his small yard tonight