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Post subject: Flying RIB boat - Anyone ever owned or flown one?  Posted: 10 Apr 2016, 16:52 |
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I see these up for sale occasionally and always wondered how they flew. I have seen one fly in person around Peanut Island here in Palm Beach, but was on a boat and did not get to speak with the pilot. Cheap thrills or Expensive Funeral? http://www.ebay.com/itm/2006-Polaris-Fl ... 2068850084Attachment: flying rib.jpg
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Post subject: Re: Flying RIB boat - Anyone ever owned or flown one? Posted: 10 Apr 2016, 17:14 |
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Username Protected wrote: Peanut island has got to be in PBI class D. I wonder if he had clearance...? As an ultralight the pilot is not required to know that.  Dan
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Post subject: Re: Flying RIB boat - Anyone ever owned or flown one? Posted: 10 Apr 2016, 17:45 |
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Username Protected wrote: Peanut island has got to be in PBI class D. I wonder if he had clearance...? 1200' floor there. Also he could have received permission to remain below 500 or 1000' as I often have.
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Post subject: Re: Flying RIB boat - Anyone ever owned or flown one? Posted: 10 Apr 2016, 21:50 |
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Username Protected wrote: I'm thinking about living on a boat. That looks like something I should have.  Don't forget all your friends. We want to come visit!
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Post subject: Re: Flying RIB boat - Anyone ever owned or flown one? Posted: 11 Apr 2016, 00:00 |
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Username Protected wrote: I'm thinking about living on a boat. That looks like something I should have. Don't forget all your friends. We want to come visit! 
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Post subject: Re: Flying RIB boat - Anyone ever owned or flown one? Posted: 11 Apr 2016, 10:39 |
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I used to manufacture RIBs. We were approached to build this product and we politely declined. It's hard to build the boat light enough for this to work well.
While it flies it is ungainly, to say the least. In level flight, the front is relatively pitched up. It's heavy and slow. I've only seen it flown in calm waters. It's a process to disassemble. There was someone who used to fly one regularly from Watson Island in Miami around 15 years ago, and maybe trying to sell them.
It's a neat toy, perhaps as a yacht tender in the Bahamas or around Newport and Cape Cod.
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