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Adjustable pitch composite propellers for airboats
Looking for "wide-blade composite props"
for airboats? If so, then you've come to the
right place. Water Walker, LLC offers high quality, high-performance
composite airboat propellers .
Our propellers maximize thrust, while minimizing RPM. If you're interested in
optimizing the performance of your airboat, reducing wear & tear on your engine,
& reducing noise, come in and have a
look around.
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Airboat Engine Mounts designed by Lonny Tucker of
Outback Adventures Airboats
Serious Performance &
Endurance for Serious Airboats
- Commercial Duty
- Light Weight
- Adjustable Pitch
- Carbon & Composite
- Long Working Life
- Excellent Impact Resistance
- Supportive Dealer Network
From Your Engine To The Air:
Have you ever really thought about how an airboat generates and delivers
thrust? There is much more to it than a strong engine. Yet some airboaters
treat the propeller as little more than an afterthought. Quite a bit of time,
effort, and money go into specifying a state-of-the-art airboat. All too often,
engine performance, maximum torque, and other power plant concerns overshadow
how horsepower is transferred from the engine to the air. An inefficient
propeller wastes coveted horsepower. Consequently, the boat might not realize
the top performance possible with a modern, state-of-the-art, wide-blade
composite propeller.
Airboats are driven by air. Great volumes of air must be “captured” and
thrown rearward at speeds above hurricane-force. The art of propeller design
includes planform shape, airfoil shape, disc diameter, pitch distribution, and,
most importantly, the material and structural integrity to withstand the huge
centrifugal forces involved. Water Walker has fashioned its hollow combination
of carbon and fiberglass composites into a shape almost perfect for the
task.
Serious airboaters ask a lot of their airboats. Many of our customers depend
on their airboats for their livelihoods. Others have gone to great lengths to
specify and build the best recreational airboat they can. In either case, these
customers have been willing to spend more on their airboat propellers.
Considering that the propeller is the most important element of any airboat,
it's a worthwhile investment to make.
High performance doesn't have to give up high-efficiency. Water Walker
propellers for airboats are designed to give excellent thrust at low RPM, with
low weight, for quick spin-up and safety. At lower RPM levels, the engine
doesn't have to burn as much fuel. There's less acoustic shock, and less noise.
Considering that these advanced wide-blade composite airboat propellers deliver
better thrust, for less fuel burn, while lasting much longer than a wood
propeller, they're actually less expensive in the long run, than wood
propellers. They take a lot more punishment, too. The composite materials used
in our blades have been known to outlast the stainless steel leading edges. Take
a look at some of the abuse these propellers have survived, without catastrophic
failure. You'll wonder how you can afford to stay with wood.
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