50s era Flying Saucer "UFO" boat

[kfa4303]

stumbeld across this funky thing. Looks like it's being powered by a pair of 18hp or 30hp erudes. probably never got past the prototype stage, but a neat idea.

 

[xjdriver]

Re: 50s era Flying Saucer "UFO" boat

Lol, looks more like its for show than anything else.

 

[Chinewalker]

Re: 50s era Flying Saucer "UFO" boat

I've driven a mini one of those with a single engine. Maybe 6-feet in diameter. Had a 15hp Evinrude on, err, in it. Scooted right along and you steered it by leaning one way or the other. Turning the tiller didn't do much...

 

[nwcove]

Re: 50s era Flying Saucer "UFO" boat

i drove something like that.......at a water park.....but i was crashing into other ones!!
does look neat tho......bet it would turn on a dime with one motor full speed fwd, and the other full speed in rev!

 

[matt167]

Re: 50s era Flying Saucer "UFO" boat

Practical: No

Neat: Yes

Do I want one: Why wouldn't I?

Somewhere I have seen the replica of that and it is neat. Fairly practical of that time when twins were common because the OB companies could not make more than 30hp or so and that design also makes a "Z turn" boat

Immagine putting someone you don't like on the boat, reverse the throttles and make them hurl

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: 50s era Flying Saucer "UFO" boat

love the plastic domes to catch the exhaust....

 

[sphelps]

Re: 50s era Flying Saucer "UFO" boat

I wonder what the trailer looks like ?

 

[kfa4303]

Re: 50s era Flying Saucer "UFO" boat

There is no trailer. It landed on the lake from outer space, duh

 

[scottmm73]

Re: 50s era Flying Saucer "UFO" boat

There is no trailer. It landed on the lake from outer space, duh

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