"Jim" wrote in message
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Steve B wrote:
"Gene" wrote in message
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On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:41:46 -0800, "Steve B"
wrote:

"Gene" wrote in message
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On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 22:11:38 -0800, "Steve B"
wrote:

I have seen some airboaters do some absolutely ridiculous things in
Southern
Louisiana. The boat of choice for go fast airboaters there has a
fuel
injected Corvette V-8 in it. Not the type of thing that would give
you
much
reaction time in a slick flat bottomed conveyence with no brakes.

Steve

Yeah, and for the most part, it looks like a reversing propeller isn't
an option, either.


That would be a scene out of Wiley Coyote. All thrown off the front of
the
boat, and the boat takes off backwards with no pilot. Only props I
ever saw
were pushers.

Steve

There's real potential for that...
http://www.warpdriveprops.com/


Sorry. Should have been clearer and said that the only types of
propellers I have seen on airboats were pushers. Of course, there are
reversible props for aircraft, or even airboats. I just never saw them.

Steve
Cutting the power on a boat will stop a planing boat almost instantly. I
don't know how a flat bottom boat would react. Probably the same,
especially if running in weeds.

Two words that cover just about anything: should and probably.

Steve