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airboat ?

raddad

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I just got a boat and didn't know that it had an air boat setup for it . and now that I have it I can't stop working on it . but i know anything about continental I have a PE 90 GPU can anyone tell me is it worth the trouble? I do know duck hunting frog hunting will never be the same again !!!!! thanks :? [/b]
 
PE90 is a good little unit. Folks have run them for a LOT of years. Later it can be built up quite a bit as well.

Scotty
 
well its on a big boat so i might do something soon. its 19ft long and 8ft wide. and a quarter inch hull all aluminum so i don't know if the PE90 is big enught to get the job done?
 
wow, that's a barge. if you are planning on making a tour boat, that;s the hull to have but if you are looking trail ride and hunt etc. you might wanna think about findin a 10-12' hull or so. my buddy has a pe90 on a 12' glades hull and it will flat out run.

guys on here know a ton more than me may reiterate this or maybe not, i think that 90 will not be nearly enough power, maybe even dangerously underpowered.

just for an example, laughman lodge has a boat that big but is powered by about at least 750 horsepower big block with two props and it still couldn't even look at dry ground. even with only an operator.

the motor is great tho. good luck with the project and make sure to keep it polymer side down!!! :lol:
 
well it is big .but here in Midwest . (ILLINOIS) its small there are some real big ones at Carlyle lake 22ft is the biggest Iv seen. and they all run 350 Chevy motors but I don't know how much hp they put out. but they fly . and come duck season. air-boats own the lake! and it dose ice up. so it helps to have thick hull boat I talked to tom jefford and he told me that you can do some stuff to a PE90 and make it scream. I just want to make it Thur this hunting season if i can and this spring go all out . any one have any suggestions on a motor and prop and hp? thanks for the feedback.
 
Pe-90 is a good little motor and worth keeping or building up and as you know there are lots of things to do to build them up, But that is allot of boat you have there the battle ship barges do preform better with a chevy or caddy and gear box (man that hurt to say :lol: ) the Pe-90 will have more torque per horse power then a auto engine and hp to weight ratio is lighter but again that's allot of boat the ice may help


do you have to have that large of boat ? airboats and normal duck boats just aren't the same maybe sell that hull and buy a smaller one you would be happier I think
 
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