Wake car!

Londoner · Newbie Joined: 03 Sep 2003 Posts: 17

look at this mad amphibious car, cable of 30mph on water. uses a jet but looks to have a reasonable wake in the video!!

http://www.aquada.co.uk

boehnkew · Outlaw Joined: 26 Mar 2003 Posts: 112 City: Kennewick, WA

All it needs is a tower and a few fat sacs Very Happy

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1759rider · Addict Joined: 29 Aug 2003 Posts: 542 City: CA - Bay Area

I would try to wakeboard behind it. Looks like alot of fun to drive

scooter · Addict Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 633

n e one kno how much these are going for?
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1759rider · Addict Joined: 29 Aug 2003 Posts: 542 City: CA - Bay Area

I just registered for more info just to see what they send me back. I'll keep you posted on any info they give me.

Londoner · Newbie Joined: 03 Sep 2003 Posts: 17

150,000 quid, so about $240,000

oh well...

Londoner · Newbie Joined: 03 Sep 2003 Posts: 17

Some more links:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/39294000/rm/_39294264_boatcar13_montague_vi.ram

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3077508.stm

scooter · Addict Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 633

240,000 american dollars?
that must be a typo
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salmon_tacos · Posted: Sep 03, 2003 2:17 pm Post subject:

Not a typo. The guy said it had over 7 years, 1 million engineering man-hours, and 10's of millions of pounds invested. That would be cool if you lived in a city where you could shortcut traffic on the water.

scooter · Addict Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 633

u make a very good point salmon, that would be a good commercial for it
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BrtnDan · Addict Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 609

My neighbor has one, i'm going to try to hit him up for a ride, so i'll post when i try it.

MrBlean · Posted: Sep 04, 2003 10:42 am Post subject: My neighbour has one

llenta · Addict Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Posts: 788 City: Davis

looks really cool and i could imagine the price being that high. The only problem i see is that it planes at 30 mph. Thats faster than i want to be wakeboarding at. But i think it would be cool seeing somebody behind one of those things say on the way home from work.
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wakerwes · Outlaw Joined: 31 Aug 2003 Posts: 135 City: belgium

very nice indeed, i'm wondering what kinda wake its give.
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Nice for people whit a lot of money

WakeBoardingManiac · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 914 City: Montréal

Lol I saw that thing onm the newspaper this morning... You can geta way more kickakss wakeboard boat ad truck for that much money...

chuck · Outlaw Joined: 22 Apr 2003 Posts: 170 City: Arlington Wa

or throw on some 22' s and a tower, a pimp system and you wouldnt have to tow ever again

OttoNP · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 848 City: MI

They've had boat cars around for awhile, I saw one about a year ago on a lake here. It was funny watching them just drive down the launch into the lake without stopping. This one had a prop though.

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MrBlean · Posted: Sep 05, 2003 8:09 am Post subject: Amphibious cars

You're right in that these sorts of things have been around for well over 20 years. I can remember a twin propped convertible that was sold in the UK. Had a top speed of 7 knots. A local guy who owned one said he planned to follow the boats down the Thames during the annual Oxford v Cambridge boat race. Only problem is, those guys row at about 20 knots so he wouldn't have had much of a view for long!

Nonetheless, a great boys toy for those with bottomless pockets and still a lot cheaper than a helicopter......

salmon_tacos · Posted: Sep 05, 2003 8:42 am Post subject:

MrBlean,

Maybe BrtnDan's neighbor has an amphicar or something but not this particular car.

llenta,

I think it said that it planes at up to 30 mph meaning that's the top speed on water. It doesn't really matter though since the wake in that video looked pretty ugly. You'd probably get a nicer wake out of a bass boat or SeaDoo.

MrBlean · Posted: Sep 08, 2003 5:02 am Post subject: Wake

In the report I read it says the car generates a tonne of thrust (a metric ton for our Atlantic brethren) in order to get it out of the water and on to the wheels. On the photograph I saw the wheels are shown partially retracted and it doesn't say if:

1) the wheels come out whilst it's still in the water and it drives out more or less conventionally but with the help of the water-jet
2) the thrust drives it out of the water on its hull, then the wheels are deployed afterwards
3) the the thrust blasts it into the air for long enough for the wheels to be deployed mid-air, after it leaves the water but before it lands!

Now that would be an aerial manouevre worth seeing Very Happy

Not only would it be an amphibious car but one step short a rocket car too. Eat your heart out 007 Exclamation

Londoner · Newbie Joined: 03 Sep 2003 Posts: 17

Unfortunately, I think it's 1 and you'll have to wait for the GTi for 3!

It has sensors that retract the wheels when the water is deep enough, so to launch, you just drive straight in at about 10mph. Presumably once you get to the shallows the senors cause the wheels to deploy. I don't know how long it takes though - it might be interesting to go through a small ford...

MrBlean · Posted: Sep 12, 2003 4:12 am Post subject: