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Quadski - High Speed Amphibian ATV

May 31st, 2006 by Paul Crowe

Quadski Amphibious ATV

Walk into any powersports dealer and you’ll see the personal watercraft in one area and ATVs over in another area. Makes sense, one for water, one for land. The folks at Gibbs Technologies had a different thought, why not build a workable amphibian? It was a natural for them because they’ve been building high performance amphibious vehicles for quite a little while, building the Aquada, an amphibious car; the Humdinga, an amphibious 4 wheel drive vehicle, and now they’ve built the Quadski, an ATV that retracts the wheels and becomes a high speed personal watercraft.

The Quadski is no low performance compromise, either.

Quadski, which is capable of travelling up to 50 mph (72 kph) on land and water, features a proprietary marine jet propulsion system and utilises over 60 patented elements in its application of Gibbs’ patented HSA technology. Quadski’s fuel tank allows it to travel for up to two hours on
water and has a land range of 600 kilometres.

The rapid transition from land to water takes less than five seconds and is operated by a flick of a switch: on entering water the wheels are retracted into the body of the vehicle. Quadski is powered by a 140 BHP petrol driven engine, which provides drive to the wheels on land and a marine
jet pump on water.

The practical applications of this technology are extremely wide ranging. The consumer market for ATVs and watercraft only scratch the surface, while search and rescue and military possibilities immediately come to mind as well.

No mention is made of price for the Quadski since that would depend on the manufacturer. Gibbs will license the technology to other companies. With luck, someone will jump on this and get to work.

Quadski Amphibious ATV

Link: Gibbs Technologies via Gizmag



13 Responses to “Quadski - High Speed Amphibian ATV”

  1. bakerm Says:

    I read that they’ve won a US Department of Defence (DOD) Foreign Comparative Test contract to evaluate HSA technology for military purposes.

  2. bikerchic Says:

    Check this out - http://www.gibbslockheedamphibians.com/

  3. spike2000 Says:

    how much is it

  4. plasma machine Says:

    I would like to buy one, BUT… the asking price is a whopping $142,000 US.

    http://www.autoblog.com/2006/06/02/atv-plus-jetskis-equals-quadski/

    Any Takers…???

  5. Kevin Says:

    I think these would be good for life guards on the beaches…they sometimes drive around on 4 wheelers and they use jet ski’s to help people…this would work great

  6. Nick Krege Says:

    How would one go about buying it? my email is nickkrege@yahoo.com plz send me a message if u have any info

  7. jack12295 Says:

    the asking price isnt $142,000 that was the reduced price for the aquada and these wont be for sale untill 2009

  8. Where to buy Says:

    Where to buy a quadski

  9. Where to buy Says:

    where to buy a quadski
    thank you

  10. Manuel Mota Says:

    Where to buy and at what price
    thanks

  11. ANGEL Says:

    IM INTERESTED IN BUYING A QUADSKI AND TO SEE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

  12. TAKI Says:

    Interested in seling these units and renting them when will they be availiable and how much?

  13. CORY Says:

    Please send release date and dealer info, I know Gibbs associates are thinking about dealership service region somewhere in the great lakes region most likely downstate michigan, would definately be interested in dealership, franchise or something to that effect, please contact me or send info. thank you. (p.s. you may pass along my interest if you have contacts in this area)

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