From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
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> 1. I presume the rubber drive treads grab enough water to keep the thing
> on plane?

Yeppers. Speed is the key - go slow and it will sink.


> 2. What happens to the engine when you sink?  If one cylinder gets a good
> slug of water in it, I see a bent rod.

Those are small engines and easy to take apart for rod/piston replacement.
Also, it doesn't sink very fast, so I guess the driver usually has time to
shut the engine before it goes underwater.


> I guess you could attache a toilet float to an ignition cutoff.

Maybe there are something like that, I don't know. Never tried it myself ;-)


Antti Kurenniemi

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