GinoHixs welcome to SA!

Do you have an interest in airboats?

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – State Rep. Justin Humphrey (R-Lane) this week filed legislation that would establish a Bigfoot hunting season. House Bill 1648 would direct the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Division to establish the annual dates of the season and creating any necessary specific hunting licen...

About 10 years ago I was nestled under 3 short cabbage palms turkey hunting, waiting for the butt-crack of dawn. Off in the distance I heard an airboat. Pitch black, no moon and no lights on the airboat, but it got closer & closer and actually buzzed me at 3 yards and prop blasted me on the way past...

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Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:05 pm

I was raised right and I still respect everyone, even more for hunters and airboaters.

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was heading for a turkey sit one morning and this mudboat beat me to the spot - found a different spot

Ranchhand where are you located?

Scotty a SA thread search turned up this: viewtopic.php?f=47&t=35771&p=347039&hil ... ve#p347039

Happy Birthday RJ - have a good one brother!!

I have my engine (SV 540) rebuilt last year and really want to do what is best for my engine so it will be quite some time before I need to rebuild again. Lariat do you know if the counter weights were installed during the rebuild? Thank you Slidin. I really appreciate the time you take to share yo...

Very sad to hear this news. My condolences to his family and friends!

RIP Mr. Branch

This link is a follow up to Slidin's excellent post! Explains balancing, harmonics, vibration, etc. Grab a cup of coffee...... https://www.expaircraft.com/PDF/ECI-DynamicBalancing.pdf I chased a vibration with my AV540. Tried a 2 & 3 blade setup. Indexing did slightly help on shutdowns. In the end, ...

diggin which engine are you running on the Thurman?

FWC identifies victim as Bradley Jelkren, 47, of Geneva https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/12/14/1-dead-after-boat-overturns-on-lake-jesup/ OVIEDO, Fla. – A 47-year-old Geneva man died after his airboat went airborne and overturned Sunday on Lake Jesup in Seminole County, the Florida Fish ...

Welcome back home BoHawg!!

Enjoy your retirement and slide safe sir!

freshwaterhunter I was researching the same question a while back and made a document with some data I will share. Transom data from different SA posts: :salute: Mine I believe mine is 9 inches in the boat. I'm running an R series. a lower push point will gain you more than any so called loss of thr...

Joelrogers41 welcome to SA!

What is your current setup? (hull, prop, WOT)

Ted is this the factory engine specs for your motor? Are you running 1 or 2 carbs now? If you bumped compression 2 points, are you running 11.0:1 CR pistons?

VO-540-C1A
315 @ 3200 100/100LL 8.70:1 High comp. altitude engine with two (2) MA-6-AA carburetors

$75 to help swfwmd deal with a problem? Incentive consideration? Gimmie a break, are we gonna make hog hunting the next BASS tour? Permits, blah blah blah. How about just opening the places up to hog dog hunting year round, then maybe we can keep the population in check. Could not agree more - bunc...

Phase 2 Hunts https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/recreation/feral-hog-hunts Registration will occur on December 8, 2020 at 9 a.m. Includes six hunts that occur January through February 2021. A $75 nonrefundable fee must be paid for each permit. Permits are transferable. The single top producer on each h...

check plug wires running to correct cylinders, run on one mag at a time like Gary mentioned, carb sucking air through packings, intake leak

any backfiring coming off of throttle?

Crowley_1980 welcome to SA!! Take a few minutes and read this link: https://southernairboat.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=30116 The thread contains a wealth of information of Do's & Dont's for airboaters. What are your plans for the airboat? (cruising, hunting, etc) Slide safe and post a pic of your ne...

Great info Eric and thanks for the heads up! :salute: comments submitted! Your comments were successfully submitted. December 01, 2020 01:59 PM Mountain Time Park: Big Cypress National Preserve Project: Backcountry Access Plan Document: Big Cypress National Preserve Backcountry Access Plan / Draft E...

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Trapper have you decided on a gearbox / prop combo for the new engine?

good post on same issue

viewtopic.php?f=47&t=66638

Rick the new boat really turned out great!! Where is the oil temp sending unit located? Mine was originally in the sump (was always cold and never read temps worth a shiz) and I moved it to the oil filter adapter and it read spot on there. My usual cruise with the 540/Cottonmouth was right at 1900 r...

Rick any updates on your build? Do we need to take up a collection to buy more beer for you??