That was great! Congrats. My friend Henry Morris builds a lot of speed parts for jet boats and is a helicopter mechanic. He’s built several jet-engine powered drag boats and might be able to bench race some ideas with you.

I’ll never complain about the old, loud 2-stroke on the back of my Dad’s boat again. Cool stuff. Thanks for sharing .

The idea of a jet engine on a pontoon is the most brilliant thing, that was awesome to see lol.

Honestly some of the best quality content on KZfaq..thank you for doing what you do. All the best and can't wait to see how much cooler this pontoon gets!

I wish there was more content of this kind of content on youtube

So glad I found this channel definitely looking forward to seeing this thing get some upgrades. Nice work man your definitely a genius

Looks awesome!! Thoroughly enjoyed it

Was waiting for this! Excellent work

absolutely awesome was scrolling on my recommended when i saw this video so glad i came across it cant wait to see what comes up next and all the upgrades

- Haha... dude, there's nothing else that sounds better than a jet engine spooling up just like @ 8:09. Also, thanks for for sharing all your effort in making this very cool jet powered watercraft and, taking us along on the maiden voyage too... Nice Job!

i literally checked your channel not even a half hour ago to see if you had any updates for you to post this not 20 minutes later, can't wait to see more

a nice relaxing day on the water.

amazing. looks like a ton of fun!

Gorgeous weather / beautiful scenery / so peaceful & quiet 🙂

That is simply awesome! Love it.

Congratulations 😊

This is INCREDIBLE!! WELL DONE!! How you don't have more subs is beyond me!!

Pure Fecking awesomeness boys!!! Don't send her too hard till you get the bugs worked out! Was that 60% N2? If so you're at flight idle for most turbines...lol....To me it seemed like there's A LOT more power in that engine.That engine looks too big to be a TFE but too small to be a JT8 (sure a sh!t sounds like a JT8 at start). Rolls? Seriously 3 thumbs up for the originality of this....

That was fantastic!

The pontoons are straight sided so cause a lot of drag. I think that would be an exlent platform to put some very short hydrofoils on to. These would realy make it rip. Cheers Paul, great project.

Nice work cant wait for more.

It's the perfect trolling motor......great stuff.

There’s a reason why jet boats are usually hydroplanes, but fair play to you sir for your tenacity!

The absolute best project on KZfaq. Looks like the testing went great. Waiting to see when you add the lifting strakes (or as you said in a reply to another comment, possibly a third toon).

Great run CONGRADULATIONS ! EXCELLENT BUILD AND RUN ! right up there with the safety standards li the racing Taiwan long tails ! weight savings ! no life jackets no helmet no seat belts Jet entered right be hind you !

You got some "Chastain" stones brother. Beautiful cabin BTW.

This is crazy lol glad to see it finally in the water

Fun, interesting. I enjoy projects like this. Subbed to see what happens next. Thx

Light the burner! Lol great work, well done.

This is awesome! I just saw this video, and I'm going back to watch the rest. And you're in Michigan 💚 I live 10 min south of the bridge.

worlds first jet pontoon boat good work that earns a sub

#jealous! Great job, thanks for sharing! How did you procure the engine and what’s it out of?

Well that's a great first run, now to really crank it up 😂😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 great video well done

Amazing Content definitely point the engine down towards the water And with the lifters you should be fine🎉

...that is the most kerbal thing ive seen in some time. Well done!!!!

So pumped bro!!!!!

Any aerodynamic considerations or modifications in the works for this beast?

Good work! Very cool! You gained a sub

can't wait to see this go by the marina!! I see you put in right by River Haven. just up river from the my marina. Need any help with thing, let me know

As an avid gear head and watersports guy, let me say, this is the GREATEST thing I have seen all year, with LOTS left on the table! ! ! Do you have any lifting ribbons/strips on the toon bottoms or are they just round toons?

Amazed this thing didn’t flip itself over from the jet engine turning moment, you guys must have really done the maths on it!

Lifting strips might help but, you might get better results adding a third pontoon in the middle. See the tri-toon designs for examples.

This was really neat to watch!! How fast do you plan on going on this beast??

So cool! I'm curious, how do you steer the pontoon? Are you using the outboard motor as a rudder, or did you add a rudder, or do you have a way to vector the jet nozzle?

Dude that may be my old boat. I had a crest 30’ pontoon that was badass.

If you're thinking about giving that boat a name, consider "Skeeter Eater."

Cool man! I always wanted to put my pulse jet on a boat.

Perhaps, in the long run as speed increases, front-mounted canards to help keep the front down, like on the front of an indy car. The compressed high speed air ramming into the front of that brick will be looking for a place to escape, and the boat will want to ride up on it like on a small hill. You could even consider ducting air with scoops from the underside into the engine intake to help drop the pressure of the front bubble of air like they planned to do with old hyperloop concepts.

good job keep up the work... what are some of the future improvements u want to do

The coast guard and DNR must be your biggest fans

Crazy boat! 👍🏻 if Finnegan sent you over! Looks awesome and crazy man!

This video just popped in my feed after watching a cleetus video. I seen pontoon and jet engine and was like yuuuuuuup watching this lmao

It’s perfect! I can’t think of a single thing that could possibly go wrong!? 🤔

people who live there must love it!

Good ole south bend weather today too

Found you on Instagram. So now it needs skis and a tail fin for winter!

Put a duct on the engine outlet to redirect the exhaust so that it's below the waterline. It'll aid in thrust pushing against water having more mass than air and we get the benefit of dumping exhaust fumes right into the drinking water reservoir!

Funny enough, I had just watched this video a few days ago, and now I'm seeing Finnegan's video where he opened your letter with the link.

That's awesome great job giys

Have you thought about bridging between the pontoons making it a modified flat bottom. Love the videos

Pure Michigan!

It's cool to see how a just a jet pushes a boat vs. the Jet into a shaft and propeller. Obviously if you wanted it to be insane you would add the shaft and prop, but I say just work your plan and redesign the pontoons to create lift etc...

Excellent video and an amazing project. Please don't kill yourself with that thing 😂

I have been enjoying the warm weather lately I'm in Calhoun county and it's been 60- 70 degrees and have been wondering if you this video was going to happen

You definitely need some type of hydrofoil. Then it would fly. Nice work. It’s a first

tilt the rear of the engine down towards the water maybe another 5-8 degrees ...should give you more thrust

Love it. I had 2 pontoon boats-kept swapping engines, found out with only 2 pontoons, there wasn't enough lift to plane. It's like the titanic-just a displacement hull. Bought a tritoon and WOW. what a difference. PUT a 3d pontoon or equivalent, and you won't need lifting strakes, it will plane and ride and steer better. I promise. there are aftermarket choice.

Good stuff BTW. Ballzy

This is so awesome man reminds me of the Detroit river hydroplane races miss Budweiser what lake are you on in Michigan

Does it make a difference if you give full thust on propeller when you are under turbine ?

Can you lower the center of thrust any more? I doubt adding lift to the bottom is going to help much when the higher the throttle the greater the force pushing the nose down and water displacement is far and away the main source of drag.

The owner of a company I used to work at worked with the U of MN and developed a pontoon design that more readily planes. Might work well with your jet.

It's about time!

You should consider using pontoons off of an aircraft, they are designed to plane on the water. Either that or put a couple hydrofoils on the boat.

I first saw you commenting on a Warped Perception video a long time ago, on a comment Project Farm had made on his casted copper water block video and Warped had responded to. Then, I saw Warped come check out your unfinished boat. Now, you got it on the water. Quite the conversion man, outstanding! One question: J34s were designed to run on avgas -- what did you have to do to convert it to normal gas? One observation: It's jet powered, a frozen lake should be no problem...

Freaking awesome.

The thrust of the engine is pushing the nose of the boat down in the water. The most expensive water plow I ever watched.

Yeah there's a couple things I can do to get that thing looking like you got a after burner on it

Was it just me, or did the jet appear to be slightly "hopping" in its mount about 3:38 ? Also, what fuel did you use, was it mixed with anything else? I need to binge on your vids to get up to speed because this is AWESOME! I'll be sharing this clip...

wow!Congrats from China!Impressive!

Awesome!!! You’re gonna need more then the outboard as a rudder (maybe I missed you putting a full rudder on) but still 200 mph is a lot to ask of a rack and pinion cable. Check out the rolls Royce jet drives, you could probably fashion a similar nozzle/bucket around the end… even if it’s just a bucket kill that flips the direction of air flow for emergencies…

Enjoyed it! Why a jet pontoon, i have no idea but congratulations, you did it! Been following this project from the beginning. I wonder what Agent Jay Z will think about it?

I've rigged so many pontoons that when you try the lifting strakes and maybe add the third pontoon make sure to add the under deck wave shield for a very smooth ride!

Ok, this might be completely crazy? What about creating bags over the pontoons and closing it in as a Hovercraft. Like the large hovercraft that Canada use to have as transport vehicle. You would need a engine for lift. Easy to find a old motor cycle motor with everything to make it run. But it could also run the river after it has iced up. Just a Wild Ideal from an Old man. GP

This is what makes America great. Not satire at all. Great job!

That would be great for sneaking up on the fish!

No issues with poached fish floating in the water behind?

I *think* this has been mentioned, so sorry for the repeat. From experience (long story), you need to totally skin the underside of the boat. My solution was .040 aluminum with Zeus fasteners on the panels that I anticipated having to be removed for servicing. Granted, I was using a single O/B on a center motor pod, but the difference was drastic. There's significant turbulence at the stern of a pontoon - especially when low in the water. Lifting strakes alone is not the answer. And if ya wanna go crazy, mod the pontoons to create a pad. Thanks for listening.

bro is really really underated

you could extend the intake to the front of the boat to make it safer for you and your passenger

Insane! Man

Cool turbine!

Look pretty awesome the only thing I saw was when your running it was did you have any safety switches to shut it down if you fell out and I didn't see you wearing a life jacket especially when you're messing with that kind of speed I don't even I put on life jacket when I fire up my ranger boat and I got to kill switch on cuz it just up and gone so just just concerned

Add “steps” To your hulls. Look up stepped hull. It should help you produce less drag and get up on plane. Also consider nozzle angle. Too steep would make the craft nose heavy, too shallow would make the transom too heavy, what angle will make it plane best? This is where I would experiment.

Couldn’t think of a better way to convert money into noise and fun! Can’t wait to see her open up a bit more but I wouldn’t take her over 70ish on pontoons or you might end up flying.

I’m giving it all she’s got captain.

Does it freeze enough for you to use skis later this winter?

Pretty cool. Life long boater here. I know this is more about doing it because it hasn't been done....but a 250 outboard would have pushed the boat 3 times faster. So come on...tweak that engine and get those aluminum logs fast enough so only the last few feet of the toons are in the water. LOL

Not sure is you're interested, adding a pontoon centerline and making it a Triton will help plane out quicker. That's just too cool! I've seen many pontoons and protons with front spoilers that make it look like it has an angled hull in the water to help.

Awesome project. Install the Hydrofin instead of lifting strakes!