Quadski - High Speed Amphibian ATV
May 31st, 2006 by Paul Crowe
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.
Link: Gibbs Technologies via Gizmag
Posted in Automotive technology, Powersports
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June 19th, 2006 at 4:50 pm
I read that they’ve won a US Department of Defence (DOD) Foreign Comparative Test contract to evaluate HSA technology for military purposes.
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Check this out - http://www.gibbslockheedamphibians.com/
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:06 am
how much is it
June 10th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
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…???
August 26th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
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
March 27th, 2008 at 8:10 am
How would one go about buying it? my email is nickkrege@yahoo.com plz send me a message if u have any info
March 28th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
the asking price isnt $142,000 that was the reduced price for the aquada and these wont be for sale untill 2009
April 19th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Where to buy a quadski
April 19th, 2008 at 9:36 am
where to buy a quadski
thank you
May 20th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Where to buy and at what price
thanks
June 9th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
IM INTERESTED IN BUYING A QUADSKI AND TO SEE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.
June 29th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Interested in seling these units and renting them when will they be availiable and how much?
September 16th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
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)