During the recent DSEI show in London we saw the Humdinga, an amphibious 4×4 vehicle from Gibbs Technologies. It combines a carbon fiber hull with a water jet propulsion system. This combination means that the Humdinga will plane in conditions up to sea state 3 and maintain headway in sea state 4 with a maximum speed underway of 30mph. The range is 100 miles in water and 150 ashore. The suspension retracts at the push of a button in less than 5 seconds.
This is the rear deck area of the Humdinga. It’s got ample space for rescue operations as well as a table for a nice lunch. The maximum payload is 1,000kg but by removing the cabin roof, it can be extended to 2,000kg.
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That is pretty slick. Next, they need to build a fleet of the Bond submersible Lotus’ (Lotuii?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_A_y004mPI
Appropriately their video is shot on the TopGear test track. Around Gambon and into Hammerhead! Unfortunately we will never see Jeremy and the boys testing this thing. I’m guessing thats the same company that made the four wheeler jet ski Jeremy raced Richard to lunch across the lake in. Wheel deployment systems appears the same.
Maybe Jeremy and Crew will test it on their new show that Amazon is putting together.
…but can I ski behind it?
WANT.
Add machine guns in the nose, an oil slick in the back, and you have that aweseom car from the arcade classic Spy Hunter!
Green Peace and PITA would shut that down fast…like Chik-Fil-A drive thru fast!
This reminds me of the Amphicar….although a bit faster
Add a couple mortar tubes, a 50cal, and order about 50 of them and give them to the Border Protection at the Rio Grand. It would do great there.
Need that down here in South ‘Bama to hunt gators in.
Seriously, that is an awesome machine!