Hovertechnicstel (269) 461-3934
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email: hvt@sprynet.com

                        High quality hovercraft with personalized customer service

Features and Options

Hovercraft Payload (standard equipment): 1,200 lbs (544 kg)
Hull: 19'3" long x 8' wide (5.87 m x 2.44 m)
Choice of Hull Colors: RED/WHITE
Speed: 40 mph (64 kph) on calm water, 60 mph (96 kph) on smooth ice
Max Wave Handling Capacity: 2 ft (60 cms)
Turning Capability: 180 and 360 degree turns on land, ice and water

Standard equipment:

  • General Motors 4-cycle, V8 multi-port, fuel injected engine
  • 12v electrical system with 50 amp alternator
  • Dual 875 cca batteries with battery master switch giving OFF-1-BOTH-2 positions
  • Thrust system: Twin 39" (99 cms) ducted twelve blade fans driven by Goodyear Eagle® Kevlar® Vee-tooth cog belts; air straightener arrays; ten cable-operated air rudders and removable fanguards
  • Hydraulically controlled splitter plates with handle bar mounted electric push button switches allowing variable lift and thrust settings for speed and cushion control on the move
  • Integrated lift and thrust air system with Hypalon® coated skirts, rear mounted drag flap, six hardened aluminum replaceable skid rails
  • Fiberglass bottom hull made of hand lay-up woven roving plus sealed polyurethane foam liner with high freeboard sides
  • Woven roving fiberglass inner hull with glossy gel coat finish
  • Flat non-skid cockpit floor 5' x 13' (1.5 m x 3.96 m) overall with 18" (45 cms) high cockpit sides
  • Two triangular vinyl cushion seats mounted one on each side of 4' (1.2 m) long centerline cushion crew seat and stowage module
  • Crew protection windshield comprising rigid fiberglass gel coat structure with large curved windshield, two side windows with short roof plus windshield wiper and washer system
  • Fast-reaction handle bar steering, twist grip throttle and two fuel gauges

 

  • Hinged access instrument panel with tachometer, hourmeter, engine oil pressure gauge, coolant temperature gauge, voltmeter
  • 40 US gal (150 l) capacity fuel tanks
  • Four mooring eyes, one bow eye and one rear winching eye
  • Twin fiberglass tailfin style wave guards
  • Twin strobe flashers (red, blue or amber), all-round light on ducts and red/green bow light.
  • Two grab rails, two collapsible grapple poles, two ring buoys
  • Two 2,000 gph (7500 l/hr) bilge pumps

Options:

  • Stainless steel dual muffler
  • Removable vinyl cockpit enclosure
  • Combined siren and public address system
  • Heater-defroster
  • Heavy-duty lift eyes for raising craft with a hoist
  • 90 AMP alternator (in place of 50)
  • Night rescue lighting package
  • Stationary hover system
  • Interior cockpit lighting
  • Aluminum decking over basic decking to withstand impact loads
  • All Kevlar® bottom hull
  • Non-standard color
  • Thunder® T3 Hearing protection
  • Mustang® survival suits and vests
  • Special options available on request (GPS, radio and intercom equipment, special seating)