How did I never hear about this? I’m about ten minutes away. Just found your channel today. Great job. So many times I’ve driven past that body shop on the way to Waterloo, with the antique gas pumps and old cars, wishing I could find something like that to rebuild the way I would want it. And you’re doing it. Well done sir.
So you have reinvented the rotary sail that cannot generate enough power to overcome the friction of the hull in the water, and you will be able to sail backwards but under controlled steering.
The standard bell/buzzer code from the back step to the driver was 2 to go forward, 3 to back up, 1 to stop. It was the same code used by railroads for the conductor and engineer to communicate with each other before two-way radios came into use.
It's great that it worked out so well. I'm glad it did. But in the test I would never have put my family in danger. Maybe it's because I'm a bit lacking in confidence, but I would have done the test without people on board, lest there be a leak, a loss, as well as not knowing if the weight and buoyancy were well distributed. But anyway, I'm glad it worked without mishaps, and that now you have one of the coolest amphibians of the place... maybe of the state or of the country, haha...
I came here, because I had a similar idea, and I was looking to see if someone has already done it. My idea is that a normal caravan fits perfectly inside a boat. They are functionally coupled, making the caravan, is part of the boat, but at the same time, that the boat has its own without the caravan. This way, you could travel almost anywhere in the world with the boat, and where the boat doesn't reach, the caravan does. Of course, it's just an idea that I have no idea how to build. Nor do I have the necessary materials or budget, haha....
I was looking at StabiX amphibious boats and found this brilliant reuse of equipment. Much faster on land than the StabiX and as a amphibious houseboat it doesnt need the bigger water speed of the StabiX. I love it when things are restored or reinvented/repurposed.
