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Water Crossing and Hull Design

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What Exactly is a Sherp?

What happens here

Observe the Sherp ATV navigating water. The presenter highlights its sealed hull, designed to keep it afloat even if all four tires are flat or if there's a major hull breach. This inherent buoyancy makes the Sherp incredibly safe in amphibious operations.

Goal: Illustrate water safety and hull integrity

Tools and materials

  • Sealed Hull — Providing buoyancy and protection
  • Sherp ATV Sherp — The vehicle demonstrating water crossing

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it's a puncture resistant plate that is what the motor and the drivetrain is all mounted to that is hot dipped galvanized so it won't rust and then everything up from that that you see everything here and here up to that rivet line is aircraft grade aluminum so that gives you the strength of steel with all the weight how many passengers will this carry typically Josh the unit weighs two thousand eight hundred and sixty pounds yet you can haul 2,000 pounds worth of gear in it in the water so you can't sink this unit you could literally pull the rear tires off from it and still drive this out of the woods is that right okay this is a sealed hall so it'll float even if all floor four tires are flat you've been down this road too far too long he lifts you're a little behind but still you keep on crawling back despite the pain inside cuz all that'll want is for you to be happy give me a chance to show that you can't be open see the way I see [Music] your tears they say a thousand I've heard them for the one Zoo [Music] he broke you down

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