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Airboats International Pty Ltd (Incorporating Tornado Airboats and White Water Airboats designs as of January 2007)
Click here for a video on our airboats as used by one of our customers for Eco-tours
A Newcastle Class Eco-Tour Airboat in Northern Australia in action
Our Tornado Canberra class with 394 HP V8 driving hard across the Northern Territory Wetlands with a major tropical storm bearing in from the west. This vessel was undergoing pre-shipment trials prior to delivery to new owner the Sultan of Brunei at his Northern Territory cattle ranch. We build both stock models and custom versions, we lead the world in high performance Airboats with a reliability second to none. We supply mining companies right through to recreational vessels, our Airboats are ideal for search and rescue, survey work, seismic work, emergency services, weed and insect control, and agriculture. * Key design features are: Sharp turning circle. Huge load carrying capacity. Fully adjustable carbon fibre propellers. Heavy duty purpose designed airboat gearbox. High strength marine grade aluminium coated with Tivar. Extremely low operating costs with virtually no support crew needed. All machinery guards (i.e. prop guard) meet Australian standard AS4024 All our airboat designs are built to meet International standard ISO9001-2000 We now build to meet Australian and United States defence department requirements All of our airboat designs are built to Australian Standard AS1665 for aluminium construction All mild steel & stainless fabricated items are manufactured to AS1554 Structural Steel Welding.
Flood rescue and flood relief work is our specialty. The extreme shallow draft of all our airboat designs make them ideal as an alternative to expensive and limited aerial equipment such as helicopters etc, which are better employed in more extreme situations due to the operating costs being approximately ten times higher. Plus helicopters can not operate without a landing area, whereas an airboat can operate while powered or go on standby in un-powered mode for extended periods. Submerged obstacles will limit conventional craft as residential areas once flooded have many unexpected submerged obstructions that can interfere with the safe tasking of limited conventional craft. For flood rescue and relief operations it has been shown for over a quarter of a century that only an airboat has the speed, manoeuvrability, shallow draft capacity, a dry land capability, and massive load carrying to be a viable system. Recent overseas major airline crashes in swamp areas have shown how important an airboat can be to traverse at high speed across the worst accessible locations and then operate in situations that no other equipment can match. Tornado designs can be trailed at high speed to the point of the emergency, thus making dispatching a relatively easy exercise and keeping operational costs to a minimum. Airboats can operate in extreme weather with little or no support infrastructure, they can be serviced for a fraction of the cost of aircraft. For flood work our airboats are designed and built for local conditions can mean the difference between life and death, yet at the same time offer an incredible budget advantage of near ten to one for the same dollar. Tornado desinged airboats have been operating within Australia for the last ten years. More importantly because of the dramatic recent devaluation of the Australia dollar we can now offer the best airboats in the world, purpose designed for Australia at less than half the price of an inferior US made product. Call us today to find out more.
Our range of stock airboats, plus we also custom build:
Budget price single skin airboats known as the Jabiru series The Townsville: 12' x 6'9"' Single seat (Our most budget priced vessel) Can take a second person Performs quite well and capable of 35knots safely V2 Kohler engine with twin blade prop Complete with trailer Only $29,999.00 The Tamworth:14'6" X 7'6" 260 HP V6 Buick engine Four passenger Complete with trailer
The following are our famous tough double skinned vessels known as the Crocodile series
The Hobart: 15’ X 7’6. Dual seats [ one driver, one observer]Lift out bench seat for 5 more people. Water Walker propellers. Levitator Airboat Engines only: Check here Custom built galvanised trailer with tandem axles.
The Canberra 17’ X 7’6Same power plant as above, or larger, but seating for 7 people.
The Sydney 18’6 X 8’Same power plant as above, or larger but seating for 8 people. Click here for photos The Melbourne 24' x 8' Same power plant as above, or larger but seating 18 people and two crew, ideal for eco tourism. The Newcastle 19'6' X '8' This is a new special class added to our range. It is a real work horse and higher performance commercial vessel. The first of these special craft are now operating in the oil fields of Sudan, Africa. Click here for photos and special detailed description Photos and specs of our Levitator airboat engines Custom building is also part of our ability, here is a very small two person special. The secret of our airboat hulls. Our Water Walker propellers Our custom built trailers Watch how our airboat can leave a swamp, drive across the ground and mount its own trailer.
Watch how our airboat can leave the water and drive ontom its own trailer without using the winch Click here NEWS Flash A Tornado air boat design was commissioned by the Hawkesbury River County Council to build an airboat for weed control on the Hawkesbury river NSW Australia but it had to be very quiet for this environmentally sensitive area. Using new muffler systems and the all new low noise Powershift two blade "paddle" type propeller a noise reduction of better than 75% over regular airboat noise was achieved. This low noise combination will now be fitted to all our new air boats. This vessel was delivered in September 2001 and the operator is delighted with the results. Click here for photo of this vessel. Click here for testimonial NEWS FLASH A new class of airboat has been developed specifically for seismic work on oil fields the first of these new airboats were shipped to Sudan in Africa . NEWS FLASH The black sports Tornado design was commissioned by a client not as a work boat, but to be no more than a thrill boat and to be always in total balance for one person through to five. This called for some "in line" seating and a big 380 HP GM V8 to provide the power, some "black magic" with a Tornado design does the rest. Click here to view
NEWS FLASH 2007 and we develop the first unsinkable airboat in the world that is not a pontoon hull but has full internal usage Click here for photos
NEWS FLASH October 2007 Outback Airboat Tours and Charters of Longreach Queensland buy a Newcastle Class vessel for eco tourism Check their web site. Click here Photo below
The Longreach Queensland Eco Tour airboat in action
NEWS FLASH July 2008 We are currently building 21 Newcastle class airboats as of July 2008 . Check this site for photos of progress down the track. Click here to see more
NEWS FLASH August 2008 We are now Australasian distributors for the superb Water Walker Airboat Propellers
NEWS FLASH September 2008 Click here for Helmview photos
NEWS FLASH January 2009 We now are the Australasian Distributor for the mighty Stinger Inc airboat gearboxes Click here for some photos
NEWS FLASH March 2009 New Rescue vessel under construction Click here for photos
NEWS FLASH April 2009 We are now the distributor for the superb Rescom Canadian made high noise environment intercom system and we fit this to all our airboats as an option Click here for their web site Click here for examples on our vessels
NEWS FLASH April 2009 We also offer a new service of airboat pilot training to an advanced level, with a half day theory course and slide show, backed by a manual you keep and a half day on the water sitting in the driving seat on our premier Newcastle Class dual control 6 metre company vessel driving as hard as you like. Check the videos below to see this premier airboat in operation. Call soon for a quote and a booking and experience the thrill. We train all customers for free and deduct the training fee from those that go ahead with an order within 12 months of training. Click here to see a Newcastle Class airboat in action Video One. Wave jumping a Newcastle Class vessel Video Two. On the mud sliding Phone today: Darryl Mobile 0428895408 or John Mobile 0414498263, or our office on 02 49826969
Darryl Jones John Williams Your Airboat International instructors with 30 years combined experience
The secret of our hull strength below
Our unique airboat hull double skin planks.
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Further specifications All our airboats have heavy duty Aluminium radiators. Foam filled double skinned marine aluminium hull bottom, with Tivar skid sheet\ All vessels fitted with the Levitator series engines All vessels fitted with the Stinger Inc gearbox All vessels fitted with the famous Water Walker Airboat propellers. Marine grade aluminium used throughout. Long range single or dual 30 gallon fuel tanks all models with inbuilt non electric fuel gauge, also electrical fuel read out on instrument panel. Water proof locker in bow deck. Full width locker under passenger seat. Standard colour is: Two coat epoxy white with blue trim or your choice of coloursp Two foam filled floatation chambers are standard All vessels can now be made unsinkable for very little extra.
Exclusive Australasian distributors for Stinger Inc Airboat Gear boxes Australian Distributor for Rescom communication systems Exclusive Australasian distributors for Alumitech Airboats USA Exclusive Australasian distributors for Water Walker Airboat propellers
Call us today for our info pack, or we can post or email you a full PowerPoint presentation Airboats International Pty Ltd ABN 35105354176 ( incorporating all Tornado Air Boat and White Water Airboat designs and technologies ) International Phone [61] 2 49826877 or [61] 2 49826969 Fax [61] 2 49826866 or [61] 2 49826900 From Australia Phone 02 49826877 or 02 49826969. Fax 02 49826866 or 02 49826900 Darryl Mobile 0428895408 or John 0414498263 email: CEO & Director Darryl Jones Darryl@airboatsinternational.com email: Co-Director John Williams airboat@rocketmail.com
P.O. Box 3 Lemon Tree Passage Australia " The designers have been building airboats since 1990". |
