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   On 6/12/2024 3:03 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:v4cqah$1pk8f$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > On 6/12/2024 11:14 AM, pyotr filipivich wrote:   
   >> "Jim Wilkins"  on Tue, 11 Jun 2024 07:32:44   
   >> -0400 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking  the following:   
   >>>   
   >   
   > ... and yet the money some folks spend on their off road rigs just to go   
   > out and try the hardest trails and beat them up is crazy.   
   >   
   > Bob La Londe   
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   > The craziest vehicle misuse I've watched was snowmobiles on water.   
   > Powerful ones can stay on plane at sufficient speed but none turn very   
   > well. Surprisingly the failures could eventually be started again after   
   > being dragged out of the water.   
      
   I think the biggest reason snowmobiles manage to "ski" on water so well   
   is not just the ski, but also the track can get a grip on the water to   
   keep it going fast enough.   
      
   I seem to recall dirt bikes with some types of tires can also   
   hydroplane/ski across water, and I think Mythbusters did some short   
   tests with cars.   
      
   If you lose "traction" and slow down its all over.   
      
   You do the same thing with a fast (ish) boat, but you have the advantage   
   of floating when you fall off plane in most boats.  LOL.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
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