Recent content by Pato Sicario

I max out at 5800. It was closer to 54 or 5500 at the 20 mark. I have a 2.55 OxBox. Max RPM on the JX is 2350 according to Sensenich's website. So with your set 2.67 you could be as high as 6200 engine RMP with that prop. or to say it another way, if 5100 is the max you want to spin your...

I guess that depends on what you mean when you say "inefficient"? Push? Speed? Gas? I have a 5 blade 82. I was looking for max push. I started at 20. Went to 25 thinking it would give better push. But I found the sweet spot for maximum push on my boat is around 16-17 mark. While the JX is a...

I agree with deckover92, you can't have enough lighting. Here is some questions I would ask yourself. How often will you run with lights? How far out and angles do you want to see? Meaning are you using lights to go out/get home at 10mph or 40mph. Similar to HP, its a question of how much is...

Great looking rig. If you find yourself in Utah, come hop in for a hunt.

https://southernairboat.com/community/threads/great-salt-lake-utah-duck-hunt.73804/ The link above is a video of my set up. I have a Utah/Alaska style boat. I have two diff length of texas rigs. So the 48' diver strings I hang so they almost sit on the floor of the boat since I have a deep...

https://southernairboat.com/community/threads/boat-insurance.70507/ Click on the above link where it says "Boat insurance." in blue. There are two pages of previous posts that provide options and phone numbers. Geico/BoatUS got out of the airboat game in early 2022, but I heard they jumped...

I don't know much about engines in general. I'm in the LS club. But I do own a wake surf boat (Centurion). I think you would be looking at gear reduction, not DD. Most wake sport boats have a gear reduction so they are able to push a boat with 12 passengers, ballast and all that fun. My 2020...

OK. One more add. -There is a boat in Florida that has my same exact engine, blower, prop and gear reduction. His boat is a 14ft Florida style boat. Mine is a 16ft Utah/Alaska style boat. So I have two extra feet, a cab, and the added weight of an ice hull. But the rest is identical. His...

Three more things. 1-You need/want polymer on almost any airboat, but specifically on an ice boat. IMO you won't ever be able to have an airboat that has "latches" in the floor to fish thru. We always haul an ice tent, full size grill and coolers and only go when the ice is good to fish on...

I've owned three airboats. All of them have been have been reinforced for ice. But I have only had one of the boats "built" for me. The other two I have bought used. When I had this last one built three years ago with Diamondback, I know we added extra T bars to reinforce the hull, thicker...

End of our morning hunt. Coming back to pick up the crew.

We went out duck hunting on Saturday. On the way back to the boat ramp, this beautiful bald eagle was just hanging out perched up on a chunk of ice.

Like most items discussed on this forum, it really depends on your goals and budget. I am running an almost 17ft Utah/Alaska style boat. So it has a cab and extra reinforcement to the hull throughout that all adds extra weight. SWAMPHUNTER45 is correct. I am running 1,100 HP. But I'm...