Hoverguard 1000 Features and Options

Standard equipment:

• General Motors 4-cycle, V8 multi-port, fuel injected engine
• 12v electrical system with 90 amp alternator
• Dual 850 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
• Electric actuator controlled splitter plates with dash mounted rocker 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 strobe flashers (red, blue or amber), all-round light on ducts and red/green bow light.
• Four 2 ft stainless steel 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
• 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)