River Roller! Pontoon Boat that Rolls Across the Water!

Do you think the River Roller will work?

  • Yes

    Votes: 1 2.4%

  • No

    Votes: 34 82.9%

  • Maybe

    Votes: 6 14.6%
  • Total voters
    41
JSL said:
If you look at similar military craft, the faster ones have propellers and retractable wheels
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Matthew Lee Towne said:
I haven't seen any high speed, full scale craft along this line of thinking.
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Like eg. the Avtoros Shaman, which does about 70 km/h on the road, but only 5~7 km/h in the water as the wheels aren't retractable. Without the propeller it would do nothing at all in the water. And to get out on a steep bank it often needs the hydraulic winch up front to get the wheels back on the hard again, as the upward flotation force prevents the wheels to get grip on the ground on a steep slope out of the water...

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