Hoverguard 800 Features:

Hovercraft Payload (standard equipment): 850 lbs (340 kg)
Hull: 16' long x 8' wide (4.88 x 2.44 m)
Choice of Hull Colors: RED/WHITE
Speed: 35 mph (56 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 ccca 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 gelcoat finish.

• Flat non-skid cockpit floor 5' x 10' (1.52 m x 3.05 m) overall with 18" (45 cms) high cockpit sides

• Two triangular vinyl cushion seats mounted one on each side of 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

• Hinged access instrument panel with tachometer, hourmeter, engine oil pressure gauges, coolant temperature gauge, two fuel gauges and 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 (7,500 l/hr) bilge pumps