A Comparative Evaluation of Three Potential Ice Rescue Vehicles.

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Abstract:

This report presents the results of tests conducted on the Great Lakes during the 1982 winter season. Three vehicles were evaluated as potential replacements for the traditional method of dragging a 14-foot ice skiff by hand across the ice. Two of the craft, the all terrain vehicle ATV and the airboat, were subjects of preliminary testing during 1981. Preliminary tests of the air cushion vehicle ACV were conducted in Detroit, Michigan in January of 1982. The ACV proved to be unsuitable as an ice rescue platform because of its low payload capability, restricted maneuverability, and susceptability to skirt system damage. Te ATV and airboat were tested together, in side-by-side trials, at Marblehead, Ohio, on Lake Erie, in January of 1982. Based on these trials, this report recommends that the airboat be selected for inclusion in the Coast Guard inventory as the surface ice rescue vehicle.

Author(s):
Budde, John A.
Author Organization(s):
COAST GUARD WASHINGTON DC OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Nov 81-Jan 82,
Pagination:
0089

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
USCG-D-46-82
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_8.2.5_Strengthen Global Defense Posture; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_5.2.3_Share Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned
Communities of Interest:
Human Systems
Descriptor(s):
*ICE, *RESCUE VEHICLES, PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING), FIELD TESTS, GROUND VEHICLES, BOATS, OFFROAD TRAFFIC, COAST GUARD EQUIPMENT, AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLES, AIR CUSHION VEHICLES, AERIAL PROPELLERS, LAKE ERIE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Snow, Ice and Permafrost, Surface Effect Vehicles and Amphibious Vehicles, Escape, Rescue and Survival
Keyword(s):
All terrain vehicles, Airboats, *Lake ice
Report Date:
1982 Sep 01