Hoverguard 1000 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 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)
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