Holy crap, I laughed so hard I blew coffee out my nose !
Look at the page with the inflatable sailing dinghy...seriously:
The boat assembles easily and includes an inflatable hub with a base skeleton made out of carbonite
If you're not laughing already, here's a bit about carbonite:
wikipedia said:
Carbonite is an explosive made from such ingredients as nitroglycerin, wood meal, and some nitrate...
I'm guessing that's how 'carbon fiber' was translated for the press kit and manual ? Is there a way to factor explosives into a PHRF rating ?
Although........if you can detonate it you'll get lots of fish so I guess it's a valid survival tool ! Note to self: get out of the boat first !
I like the trailer but I should go re-read the thread about protecting ideas, lol. I had an old tent trailer that I stripped to bare steel and re-decked. I found a truck tent that needed some TLC at a yard sale and naturally my brain said "how can I make these work together". Unlike so many of my other 'projects', this one was actually pretty easy - especially if you use an axle that matches your truck: 3 more spares and a spare ring/pinion!. It's funny but it later became a 10 foot travel trailer and now it's a flatdeck utility trailer.....
The hanging pod thing was discussed here not long ago, and the concensus was less than favourable IIRC.
The survival valise/pod/keg thingy was interesting though. With a sufficiently robust container it could be air dropped en masse and it could always be a good addition to the JIC junk in the basement...
