An airboat is a flat-bottomed boat propelled by an aircraft-type propeller powered by a motor. The first airboat was built in 1905 in Nova Scotia. Airboats can travel over shallow, rocky water, swamps, ice, and sometimes land where normal boats cannot navigate. The document then outlines a plan to design and construct an airboat using lightweight balsa wood, lithium-ion batteries, a brushless DC motor, a rudder, propeller, servo motor, radio controller, electronic speed controller to maneuver over swampy areas and operate on both land and water, providing versatility.