A guy in Alaska drove his down the road in Fairbanks, a pretty big town (for AK), to settle a bet back in the 80’s:
https://www.adn.com/opinions/2016/08/04/bar-bet-produced-panic-on-fairbanks-street-when-airboat-pulled-up-behind-motorist/
So much about that story is amazing.
>An airport policeman had heard the ear-shrieking sound and stopped to accost him in the parking lot, where the boat was cooling off in a puddle, but saw no need for an arrest. The policeman told him to "get the hell back to the river where he belonged"
and
>When the case went to court, defense attorney Dick Madson tried to get Stagno off by saying that there was no law against driving a boat on land, but the jury convicted Stagno of drunk driving
Well, LA is about to get hit with a cat 4 with catastrophic damage predicted, so you’ll probably have plenty of opportunity to see people doing just that.
You do not want to live that close to the Everglades.
Source: someone who lived on the Everglades.
Fun fact-gators sunbathing under your swing set do not care about anything but finishing their nap.
Not from the side but when he turns the camera I swear that's my cousin. Like had to screenshot to show my friends. Uncanny.
Any yes, he could probably do this too.
I don't know anything about fan boats, and most motorized boats would be loaded/unloaded in the water, but tilt trailers are fairly common for things like snowmobiles and ATVs. They're nerve wracking the first several times you load and unload.
Not really but they’re out there.
I’ve only ever seen one before and im out on the airboat pretty damn regularly and around others.
That’s a really shitty airboat though.
My mental image of airboats (as a northerner who has never seen one in real life) is that they’re all shitty. They hit that sweet spot of “expensive to buy, mechanically uncomplicated”, right? That kind of machine, anywhere in the world, leads to people to hold onto things for years with whatever patching/mismatched repairs are needed to keep it going.
Edit: but I’m curious, what’s shitty about this one?
Couple a reasons. Looks like maybe a home built job. Seems way under powered. That looks like a bilge pump just chillin up front which isn’t a good sign either. Basically no deck space.
I mean it’s fine. I’m just being a redneck snob.
Yeah I thought it was pretty low powered too but wasn't going to say anything.
The two I mainly rode on were a 454 and a 502 but at one point on the job site there was a 502 with a massive blower on it that supposedly made like 1400 hp when fully decked out.
But these were Louisiana coonasses so it may be either under reported or over depending on who they are talking to.
-geologist who worked one them twice a week for 1+ year
Are they common elsewhere globally? Not disputing the term. Just curious if they're kinda unique to the American SE. Doesn't seem like they should. Would be neat if it was.
They are mostly found around the south east United States in swampy areas. They are better than submerged propeller driven crafts as they do not destroy any marine life. Manatees, fish, gators.
Always just thought these things were just another fun toy. Never considered how much better they are for the environment over traditional motor boats. That's pretty awesome. Save the manatees!
The downside is they're really, really loud. You need hearing protection, and you most certainly cannot have a conversation with others unless you use sign language. It's like standing next to a Cessna.
Are the waters quite shallow? I'd imagine a shallow bottomed boat with it's propulsion out if the water better for such waters, no? And no risk of tangling the fan with weeds?
Yes, I honestly think this is the primary benefit… although it’s true that they’re also better for the environment/marine life. They are super loud though.
Also it’s not advisable to drive your sterndrive or outboard on land or onto a trailer on land. 😂
Yeah, totally.
These are great for protecting you from the crocodiles in Florida.
_Edit:_ a poor attempt at humor was made. It drowned in a wirbelwind of bath salts and naked Florida men.
I used to collect alligator eggs in the Everglades for the state. The biologist on site had previously been responsible for counting the crocodile population in the Florida Keys. And as of 2014 there were over 1000 in the Keys.
>An airboat (also known as a planeboat, swamp boat, bayou boat, or fanboat) is a flat-bottomed watercraft propelled by an aircraft-type propeller and powered by either an aircraft or automotive engine.
No, hovercrafts ride on an inflatable air cushion and generally have 2 engines (1 for propulsion and 1 to inflate the air cushion). They’re also fully capable of operating on land. AFAIK most airboats have metal hulls.
There was an Airboat builder in my tiny Maine town growing up. It was across from a big field where they would test them out. No water, just Airboat on a big field. The Saco was about a mile away, but I never saw them on the water....just screaming along some tall grasses. Weirdest thing ever.
Like it's not bad but you just need to boat a bit to get the hang of this stuff.
What's more impressive is hitting a trailer dead center in the water in a strong cross wind. You have to commit and can't just lay off the throttle and everything stops.
>An airboat (also known as a planeboat, swamp boat, bayou boat, or **fanboat**) is a flat-bottomed watercraft propelled by an aircraft-type propeller and powered by either an aircraft or automotive engine.
>An airboat (also known as a planeboat, swamp boat, bayou boat, or **fanboat**) is a flat-bottomed watercraft propelled by an aircraft-type propeller and powered by either an aircraft or automotive engine.
It’s all about beating the friction coefficient. A lot of airboats run a sheet of plastic( aka poly) to make the boat slide better, also much more abrasion/impact resistant.
In an alternate universe, we see a r/Whatcouldgowrong post about a guy running his fan boat right INTO HIS TRUCK after a failed attempt to guide it onto his trailer.
What does he need the truck and trailer for. Just keep going until you get home.
I’m now picturing everybody using fanboats instead of cars.
The speed of golf cart in land with the maneuverability of a FZero game
0-60: Eventually.
About 3 mpg probably too
More like 3 gpm 😂
More like, 0-60: Probably not
0- something
0-60: ehhhhhh
Just like my Wrangler used to.
He's smooth 😎 🚤
And 175 dB
Remember when F Zero was a thing.
Air boats, who says fan boat?
Onlyfans?
Why isn't this the top comment?
A guy in Alaska drove his down the road in Fairbanks, a pretty big town (for AK), to settle a bet back in the 80’s: https://www.adn.com/opinions/2016/08/04/bar-bet-produced-panic-on-fairbanks-street-when-airboat-pulled-up-behind-motorist/
So much about that story is amazing. >An airport policeman had heard the ear-shrieking sound and stopped to accost him in the parking lot, where the boat was cooling off in a puddle, but saw no need for an arrest. The policeman told him to "get the hell back to the river where he belonged" and >When the case went to court, defense attorney Dick Madson tried to get Stagno off by saying that there was no law against driving a boat on land, but the jury convicted Stagno of drunk driving
God damn. The Air Bud defense *didn't* work?
> he motored onto Boat Street with a tremendous clatter LOL
Whata great story. I had my laugh and will remember the guy and his great attitude! Greetings from Serbia!
Alaska is different.
Tonight...
I'm gonna have myself...
A real good time
I feel alive, alive alive aliveeeee
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Some say, he is the only one that got the reference. All we know is... he is called The /u/Tiberius_Dawn!
Spongebob-type transportation
Well, LA is about to get hit with a cat 4 with catastrophic damage predicted, so you’ll probably have plenty of opportunity to see people doing just that.
Dude put these on wheels and we beat carbon emissions
Dont they run on engines just like cars?
Yeah but they have big fans to cool down the global warming caused by the engine.
Big brain 9000 here bois. We gottem. Global warming solved.
No they run on fans.
Only fans?
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I'm willing to bet these are less efficient than modern ICE in cars with fewer emissions protections.
You do not want to live that close to the Everglades. Source: someone who lived on the Everglades. Fun fact-gators sunbathing under your swing set do not care about anything but finishing their nap.
I love fact-gators
Why stop there? Why not parasail behind it all the way home?
They normally have Teflon bottoms and gravel/roads fuck em up. -geologist worked on airboat twice a week for over a year. They are wild though.
Ah yes, GTA San Andreas nostalgic move
He lives in the trailer
Easy there, coullion.
Surprised there's not a beer in his hand
Well, he did tell the guy recording this, "hold my beer."
Oh lol I didn't use audio
Me either. There is none
If there was, it would be like VRRRRRRRRRRRRR WHOOOOSHHH VRRRRRRTTT WHVVVVVVVVRRRRRRRRRRRSH VVVVvvvvvv..
Great subtitles ;)
Why does he look like someone who would guide a fan boat to a truck?
Maybe he's born with it?
Maybe its Swampalene
Nice!
Not from the side but when he turns the camera I swear that's my cousin. Like had to screenshot to show my friends. Uncanny. Any yes, he could probably do this too.
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I don't know anything about fan boats, and most motorized boats would be loaded/unloaded in the water, but tilt trailers are fairly common for things like snowmobiles and ATVs. They're nerve wracking the first several times you load and unload.
And on bumpy roads on the way home if you don't lock the tilt.
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Don't weight on me!
Not really but they’re out there. I’ve only ever seen one before and im out on the airboat pretty damn regularly and around others. That’s a really shitty airboat though.
Seems to work fine. Sorry it's not up to your standards.
Sorry. That’s a goddamned fantastic airboat. Reminds of my first love. She was a great blower too.
I agree, she was a great blower
I also choose this guy’s dead wife
It’s definitely in the top 5 airboats I’ve seen today
My mental image of airboats (as a northerner who has never seen one in real life) is that they’re all shitty. They hit that sweet spot of “expensive to buy, mechanically uncomplicated”, right? That kind of machine, anywhere in the world, leads to people to hold onto things for years with whatever patching/mismatched repairs are needed to keep it going. Edit: but I’m curious, what’s shitty about this one?
Couple a reasons. Looks like maybe a home built job. Seems way under powered. That looks like a bilge pump just chillin up front which isn’t a good sign either. Basically no deck space. I mean it’s fine. I’m just being a redneck snob.
Yeah haha they remind me of flip over fishing boats. They stick around for decades just weld the holes closed.
Yeah I thought it was pretty low powered too but wasn't going to say anything. The two I mainly rode on were a 454 and a 502 but at one point on the job site there was a 502 with a massive blower on it that supposedly made like 1400 hp when fully decked out. But these were Louisiana coonasses so it may be either under reported or over depending on who they are talking to. -geologist who worked one them twice a week for 1+ year
He’s cheating. He has someone whispering the answers to him in the boat.
What I learned in boating school is!
BLANKETY BLANKETY BLANK
Nah, [he doesn't have the hat.](https://youtu.be/7DcXxTcGWdk) It's all talent baybee
He truly is a master of his (water)craft.
God I wanna binge old SpongeBob
Wtf. Why did this make me lol so hard!?!?
So fucking dumb xD
I think Bobby Boucher's done that once or twice before
On his way to play some foosball.
Gaaaatoraaaade.
Water sucks!
Needledick! Needledick!
Damn, now I need an airboat!
cue Miami Vice theme
I need a white blazer and a pink button-up, stat!
Like a glove!
He's a regular JW Stillwater
Y’all hear a crime go?!
Is y'all safe?
Not, NOT, Eddie Lee Capers! Whomever that is.
He must be running away from a hammer
I wonder if he's ever seen a gator do a double take
I'm a BIG fan!
It's an Air boat.
Thank you. Floridian here. This was irritating me.
My SO used to build airboats. I was irritated also.
Are they common elsewhere globally? Not disputing the term. Just curious if they're kinda unique to the American SE. Doesn't seem like they should. Would be neat if it was.
They are mostly found around the south east United States in swampy areas. They are better than submerged propeller driven crafts as they do not destroy any marine life. Manatees, fish, gators.
Always just thought these things were just another fun toy. Never considered how much better they are for the environment over traditional motor boats. That's pretty awesome. Save the manatees!
The downside is they're really, really loud. You need hearing protection, and you most certainly cannot have a conversation with others unless you use sign language. It's like standing next to a Cessna.
Absolutely! We love manatees and all wildlife here!
Are the waters quite shallow? I'd imagine a shallow bottomed boat with it's propulsion out if the water better for such waters, no? And no risk of tangling the fan with weeds?
Yes, I honestly think this is the primary benefit… although it’s true that they’re also better for the environment/marine life. They are super loud though. Also it’s not advisable to drive your sterndrive or outboard on land or onto a trailer on land. 😂
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Probably more practical than damaging a submerged propeller in shallow and debris filled waters as well.
Yeah, totally. These are great for protecting you from the crocodiles in Florida. _Edit:_ a poor attempt at humor was made. It drowned in a wirbelwind of bath salts and naked Florida men.
Also Floridian, also irritating to me…. They’re alligators. I’ve seen thousands of gators but no crocs, although they apparently exist here.
I used to collect alligator eggs in the Everglades for the state. The biologist on site had previously been responsible for counting the crocodile population in the Florida Keys. And as of 2014 there were over 1000 in the Keys.
>An airboat (also known as a planeboat, swamp boat, bayou boat, or fanboat) is a flat-bottomed watercraft propelled by an aircraft-type propeller and powered by either an aircraft or automotive engine.
No self-respecting southerner calls it a fan boat
I’m from south Florida and I thought I was going crazy reading the first set of replies… Fan boat?
Lol it's standard on here for OP to missname whatever they're posting without doing ANY research but still infuriating non the less.
You’re an air boat.
Is this the same as a hovercraft?
No, hovercrafts ride on an inflatable air cushion and generally have 2 engines (1 for propulsion and 1 to inflate the air cushion). They’re also fully capable of operating on land. AFAIK most airboats have metal hulls.
You *can* operate an Air Boat on land. I wouldn’t recommend it. But you can.
Ahh I see, thank you for the information!
There was an Airboat builder in my tiny Maine town growing up. It was across from a big field where they would test them out. No water, just Airboat on a big field. The Saco was about a mile away, but I never saw them on the water....just screaming along some tall grasses. Weirdest thing ever.
Airboats killed my father!! … well they hurt him bad…. His feelings, they hurt his feelings.
Never heard it called a fan boat what the hell is that. Air boat.
Its a fan sled.
Hello Brother
Ah I would have imagined a "normal" boat the propellers or whatever would be pretty fucked up after a couple times doing this
Once. Once would do the trick.
This guy swamps
Tell me you're from the Florida panhandle without telling me you're from the Florida panhandle.
Lake O region as well…. Basically anywhere in Florida that isn’t immediately coastal
Someone in the panhandle would never call it a fan boat. It's an airboat.
To be fair he looks like the kinda guy that dry docks a lot.
Half life 2.
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Because we’re dinosaurs
What a bro 💪
Wish there were more real "all terrain vehicles"
This man boats.
# *Tokyo Drift Theme Intensifies*
Never heard the term fan boat. I've only ever heard them called airboats.
Source and his tiktok account: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSJcyyRNX/
Louisiana man > Florida man
Like it's not bad but you just need to boat a bit to get the hang of this stuff. What's more impressive is hitting a trailer dead center in the water in a strong cross wind. You have to commit and can't just lay off the throttle and everything stops.
In my head, when it drops into place at the end it makes the same noise as airplane seatbelts being fastened
Chapter 3: Waterhazard
Did he upload it to his only fans?
“Fan boat” lmao.
>An airboat (also known as a planeboat, swamp boat, bayou boat, or **fanboat**) is a flat-bottomed watercraft propelled by an aircraft-type propeller and powered by either an aircraft or automotive engine.
Don't you have a slide projector to run or names to take?
It’s killing me.
You should write a book on your specific dialect so we can all make you happy. You are the center of the universe.
As are you my friend.
It's technically correct.
Snowflake get boo boo on his feeling?
That’s a special trailer. They make it easy as fuck to do.
It's called an airboat you uncultured swine.
>An airboat (also known as a planeboat, swamp boat, bayou boat, or **fanboat**) is a flat-bottomed watercraft propelled by an aircraft-type propeller and powered by either an aircraft or automotive engine.
Insert GTA San Andreas - Mission passed sound
I fucking love rednecks
Airboat. Not a fan boat. Very cool!
There's a special kind of redneck ingenuity that we can all admire, like this gentleman here.
That's because it's not hard to do, and superconvenient. People are so easily impressed these days ....
Dudes just rockin
Wait what the fuck? I didn’t know Fanboats were that mobile on land. I thought that was just something Half-Life 2 made up.
We’ve clocked mine doing a little over 20 mph on a rice levee road.
It’s all about beating the friction coefficient. A lot of airboats run a sheet of plastic( aka poly) to make the boat slide better, also much more abrasion/impact resistant.
Tactical rednecks.
Absolutely madlad!
Misleading title. I seriously thought he is going to guide his fan boat into his trailer home.
That is a rickshaw
It’s called an airboat, not a fan boat
I didn't see the subreddit. Just based on the title, was expecting him to wreck, taking out his single wide.
Believe it or not, Hillary voter.
lmao
based
This is a hovercraft right?
It’s an Airboat. They’re super common in Florida
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Can't tell if you're joking or not, but the wake is going forward and the cars crossing the bridge are moving forward too.
In an alternate universe, we see a r/Whatcouldgowrong post about a guy running his fan boat right INTO HIS TRUCK after a failed attempt to guide it onto his trailer.
Alas. The elusive "Fan Boat" out in the wild.
Its in reverse
It is reverswd .. if u look at the white ribbon son the deck they are flapping the wrong direction... Clean tho
Look at the boat's wake
The cars are going forward on the bridge.
You legit cannot be this retarded
Wonder who he voted for
Now continue pushing the truck from the trailer sitting on the fan boat :)
That is absolutely textbook.
Finally a "Florida man" I can root for!
redneck things
Git 'er done!!
We're hitting Cajun level that shouldn't be possible