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Quadski – High Speed Amphibian ATV

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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.

UPDATE: Just announced! Quadski going on sale in USA!!

Quadski Amphibious ATV

Link: Gibbs Technologies

Comments

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

  5. 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

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

  13. 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)

  14. please tell me the price.
    i’ve always wished for a cool thing. my dad promised me a dirtbike and didn’t give me one, also many other stuffes. all i want is the price,how long it takes to reach

  18. Hi, i’m interested in buying a quadski. I want to know how much they are. And I want to know any websites or companies that sell them thank You.

  19. please tell me the price, My Grandpa promised a mini quad and a boat and now I found all about the Quadski, tell me the price,ty

  23. I think this is the perfect tool for the perfect robbery! I NEED 1!…………… WHERE DO I GET 1, JUST GIVE ME THE ADDRESS OF WHERE THEY ARE KEPT……………….

  26. Hey, I cannot find any legit. info on this company. There are so many of these (prototypes) on the market where they only make one and you never see it again.
    Don’t get your hopes up. I think it will be a while before this sort of thing is actually on the market for the average joe. If you actually want to get your ski out of the water, add 2 flip up wheels on the back and one in the front with a motor on it. It will add about 80lbs of weight, and bingo, you have a quad ski! That is what I am doing so I can drive it up on remote beaches and not have the tide mess with it here in Alaska since we have up to 40 foot tides.
    Petr