Airboat

Elegant Modern all Aluminium Airboat

This item is an elegant modern airboat of the type very popular as a means of transportation in areas of Australia the Florida Everglades, and Louisiana Bayou, where they are also used for fishing, hunting and eco-tourism. The boat is designed to be used by anyone on Linden water and seats a driver plus one passenger.

An airboat is a flat-bottomed vessel propelled in a forward direction by an aircraft-type propeller and powered by either an aircraft or automotive engine. The propeller produces a rearward column of air that propels the airboat forward. Steering is accomplished by forced air passing across vertical rudders. Airboats do not have brakes and are incapable of traveling in reverse. Stopping and reversing direction are dependent upon good operator/pilot/driver skills.

This thing is pure fun, with unbelieable maneuverability and fine detail

I have spent many hours and put in a lot of time and effort to reproduce as far as possible the appeal of this type of boat, not only in its appearance but also the sounds, and very important the handling. A lot of the time went into the making of the custom sculpted prims which form many of the boats parts from the hull to the complex protective cage around the propeller and motor.

The sounds and animations were made specially for this item and uploaded to SL, not to mention 10 unique sculpt prims, about 20 custom scripts and several special textures. All that means an exceptionally high level of detail for an SL vehicle under the physics limits of 32 prims.

Here are some of the features:

GENERAL

* Standard SL vehicle type with 28 prims
* Extreme high level of detail (10 custom sculpts)
* Several custom textures
* Driver + passenger
* Crocodile skin seats
* Good slow speed manoeuvrability
* Realistic high-speed handling
* 25 Knots +
* All prim construction (except prop)
* Detailed aircraft engine
* Realistic start sequence
* Real aircraft engine sounds
* Working vertical airfoil rudders
* Wake and exhaust
* Easy set-up
* Owner only menu control for rezzer, hide/show

INSTRUMENTATION

* 3 Working instruments
* Speedometer 0-30 Knots
* Gyroscope type compass
* Motor RPM

LIGHTING

* Switchable lighting for night
* 2 Powerful spotlights
* Special instrument night lighting

DELIVERED IN 2 COPY VERSIONS

* Personal owner only version
* Intelligent rezz system for guest or communal use.
* Always a boat ready for anyone to use
* Turns temp after use so no Prim litter.

The rezzer is not a “temp rezzer” it rezzes the boat as a normal object so you need to allow 28 prims for the boat and one prim for the rezzer. The boat turns “temp” after it is used. When the boat is taken more than a few meters from the rezzer a new boat is automatically rezzed ready for the next user. Later when a used boat is left unmanned it deletes automatically so there is no prim litter.

SET-UP + CONTROL

* For the "personal" version (Owner Only), just rezz the boat in world, board it and off you go. It will find its own height and will not allow anyone else to drive it.
* For the "communal" version rez the rezzer in world, within a few seconds a boat should appear just above it. Right click on the rezzer and the boat so that they are both in “edit” mode together. If you don’t know how to do this look in Utube for films about basic edit skills or IM me. Move both the rezzer and the boat using the coloured arrows until a suitable position is achieved, you may also rotate by pressing “Strg”+”Shift” at the same time and using the rotation rings. The boat should be placed so that the keel is just under the waters surface. Leave a small gap between the boat and other objects and make sure that there is a little water under the keel.
* Go out of edit mode and right click on the boat, choose delete from the pie menu. The boat will be removed and replaced with another within a few seconds. Check that the position is correct, if not repeat the above procedure.
* When the position is correct left click on the rezzer (this will be underwater now) and choose “Invisible” from the menu. To find the rezzer again you may have to press “Strg””Alt” and “T” to highlight transparency. The same key combination turns off the highlighted transparency.
* The rezzed boats can be used by anyone, even across SIM borders if the land allows
Using and controlling the boat:
* Right click on the boat and select “Board” from the pie menu. The first person aboard is automatically the controller and takes a position on the port side (left).
* Another passengers may board in the same way. Theoretically 2 more passengers are possible, maybe one day I will make a larger version.
* As soon as the boat is boarded an engine start sequence begins, but soon the engine is running in idle and the mix is not too rich (please use only suitable high octane aircraft fuels).
* The up and down arrows (“W” and “S” keys) increas