Landshark

An anonymous reader writes "This has got to be, or will be when they actually make one, the coolest amphibious vehicle around. It's a cross between a motorcycle and a jet ski, and it seats three. It can travel at 200 mph on land and 50 mph on water. Just what you need to get you from point A to point B."

Don't try it !!

[maharg]

If you drive into the water at 200MPH it will get messy

Knock knock...

[Anonymous Coward]

Candygram!

Wait, isn't this what Skeleton drove?

it has to be said

[cr@ckwhore]

(knock knock on the door)

"Who is it?"

(mumbles)

"Who?"

"Unicef"

"Oh, why didn't you say that before!"

(landshark attacks woman who opens the door)

Is It Safe? [apologies to Dustin Hoffmann]

[gowen]

It can travel at 200 mph on land and 50 mph on water. Just what you need to get you from point A to point B."

As long as you don't mind various parts of your body being scattered at points C, D, E and F, and your luggage being at point Z.

It's just a dolphin

[p3d0]

Lady: Who is it?

Landshark: Plumber.

Lady: I didn't hire a plumber. Who is it!?

Landshark: Flowers.

Lady: What... for who

Landshark: Plumber

Lady: ... you're.. that crazy shark aren't you?

Landshark: No maam, I am just a dolphin.. will you let me in please?

Lady: A dolphin! Ok!

How interesting!

[ekrout]

This has got to be, or will be when they actually make one, the coolest amphibious vehicle around.

GNU/HURD developers say the same thing about their operating system!

Sheesh...

[Malfeas]

...apparently this motorcycle/jetski thingie can't outrun the slashdot effect.

Paint it black...

[outofpaper]

If you just paint the thing black you will have a nifty Batman like toy. It looks like a veicle that only a supper hero would drive, not that that's wrong or eny thing. I think that the design would make an amazing remot controled veicle.

New thinkgeek blurb:
Do you want to scare your co-workers, destroy litle boats in park ponds, or just send mesages ashore from your house boat? Then this is the best thing that you'll ever want NEW MINI SHARK

Just what you need...

[dan_linder]

Just what you need to get you from point A to point B.... via point "sea"!

Ok, bad pun...

Dan

For our non-english speaking readers, the letter "C" in English sounds like "Sea" (the large bodies of water).

Re:But WHY?

[CaffeineAddict2001]

Poor guy. I bet you never used to draw outside the lines as a child and your apples were always colored red and the sky blue.

"TEEACHER! Johnny colored his apple purple!!!"

Perfect getaway vehicle?

[jonr]

That is about the most useful purpose of this thing is. :)

Just what I need. Grandma's driving 200mph

[BoomerSooner]

cutting me off at exit ramps because they couldn't see the sign.

Landshark? What a stupid name.

[Havokmon]

I'm from Wisconsin, EVERYONE knows the 4 wheeled versions are called Ducks [wisconsinducktours.com].

Logically then, this should be called a Duckling. That's a far cry from a land shark.

Besides, what would you use to fence them in?
You can easily keep ducks in with chicken wire. :P

Re:Planned or measured?

[TechnoLust]

So throw an adjustable spoiler on it.

Also just because it CAN go 200 MPH doesn't mean you should. My car will do 175 MPH, but I don't drive it that fast because I don't want to lose my license.

Re:Just what you need...

[Anonymous Coward]

How exactly is a non-English speaking person reading slashdot?

World's fastest clay model

[ahaile]

Notice how there are no real pictures of this thing on the site? That's because the fine print says that it currently exists only as a "1/3rd scale clay model." The history page goes right up to the point (over a year ago) when they were trying to turn that model into a working ... 1/3rd model. Huh, I'll bet I know why the history stops there.

Most revealing line from the history: "Oct 2000, work put on hold as promised investment fails to materialise." That's because the investors realized this guy is smoking crack for all kinds of reasons.

Hey, I gotta clay model that'll do 60 mph on water and 240 on land. Really, honestly. It'll be roling off the lot just as soon as I get the funding. Can I get linked by Slashdot too?

Yes but...

[Anonymous Coward]

is the trunk big enough to fit my Segway ?

Won't work.

[WhiteChocolate42]

This project will fail. Period. And I don't mean because of engineering problems (ie actually getting the damn thing to work). It will fail because of one simple rule that applies to almost all inventions of this type: Any device that attempts to do two completely different things will do neither of them well. Prime example: The "spork"- how many do you own?

Re:This will have the same problem as the 1960's

[Psiren]

Seeing as it's a UK company, I can't see how they'd give a shit if it didn't pass US safety requirements.

From point A to point B ...

[Koyaanisqatsi]

It can travel at 200 mph on land and 50 mph on water. Just what you need to get you from point A to point B.

Nope. That's the fastest way to get you from point A to /dev/null.

Dudes, it was a joke

[binaryDigit]

My goodness people, can't you see humour when it's staring you right in the face. Did you not read the line "What will be next? Internet access for telephones?". Come on now, get up from the keyboard, but the coffee/jolt down, spend an hour with your girlfriend/boyfriend/hand/other device, get some sleep, go outside (don't forget the sunblock) and enjoy a real life for a little while before you come back and reply to posts again.

Re:Sheesh...

[Captain Large Face]

Of course not! This thing goes 200mph, whilst the Slashdot effect travels at the speed of dark, which is just ever so slightly faster that the speed of light.

re 200 mph on a bike

[peterjm]

have any of you ever done 200 mph on a bike? The fastest I've ever gone was upwards of 130 on a friends gsxr750 (hwy 1 doesn't have a long enough straight away in the 10 miles north of santa cruz so I couldn't get it going any faster), and let me tell you that it's no picnic. It's kinda hard to imagine exactly how fast that is. I mean we've all gone faster than that in airplanes, but when you're on the ground, and you realize that a squirrel running in front of you will turn you in to a meat torpedo. It's pretty fucking scary.

I can't even imagine going to 200 mph on a bike with tires set for water. that would just be insane

who?

[byrd77]

*knock knock*
Lady: Who is it?
A motorcycle
Lady: I didn't order a motorcycle.
A jet ski
Lady: Oh, ok, come on in
AAAAAAAAA!!!

Re:Next SUV

[CTD]

If it would work, I'd buy it.

I live in Chicagoland, but grew up in SW Michigan.

Driving home to visit the family involves 4 hours of highway torture. If I could just head down LakeShore Drive, cut across the beach, and boat my way across at least I wouldn't waste my time on the Dan Ryan developing road rage. I don't know if I'd save time, but the stress reduction would be awesome.

Well, either that or working mass transit that is affordable, clean, and speedy. Likely that we won't see either in our lifetimes eh?

P.S. I traded my SUV for a van. Surburban police don't understand that it's an ORV either. I got too many tickets/warnings for driving in the ditch to get around traffic. I tried to explain how I was helping the gridlock by getting out of the lane and making room for others, but nobody bought it... :(

Pimp it out!

[Anonymous Coward]

Where can I fit my 15" subs, mp3 player, and what about a sunroof. Gotta have that sunroof for the babes to like you.