I was looking at a website yesterday called
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I was looking at a website yesterday called
Check out the alt.rec.hovercraft NG. Loads of very knowledgable and helpful guys there, including several guys whos companies make hovercraft. Pleanty of folks who have actually built, owned and operated hovercraft. Nice, interesting bunch of folks. Whatever you are thinking, there is a good chance someone there has thought of, investagated, and/or tried it already.
I have wanted to build one of theses things since I was a kid. One day, perhaps...
Have fun.
Al A.
Thanks for the tip on alt.rec.hovercraft NG I'll check it out.
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Check out the alt.rec.hovercraft NG. Loads of very knowledgable and helpful guys there, including several guys whos companies make hovercraft. Pleanty of folks who have actually built, owned and operated hovercraft. Nice, interesting bunch of folks. Whatever you are thinking, there is a good chance someone there has thought of, investagated, and/or tried it already.
I have wanted to build one of theses things since I was a kid. One day, perhaps...
Have fun.
Al A.
When I was a kid growing up in the UK I remember being taken on holidays to the Isle of Wight where the first commercial hovercraft were being built and tested. Some 45 years later I visited the Isle of Wight and the hovercraft still provide a regular passenger service across from Portsmouth.
I wanted to take my wife on the large car carrying hovercraft that flew from Dover to Calais but alas they are no more.
--You might also want to check out the WIG page for wing-in-ground-effect vehicles; IMO superior to hovercraft because of higher speeds and (slightly) better maneuverability. They make kewl models, too; check out this link:
Thanks for the tip about the WIG page. I noticed that on the
I did some heavy searching today and found a very lightweight hovercraft called the "canair 340". It weighed in at 350 lbs. That sounds quite reasonable for one man to handle this vehicle by himself. Most of the other personal hovercrafts out there are a few thousand pounds. Getting something like that unstuck from a situation can be a nightmare. A few hundred pounds on the other hand is manageable.
----------------------------------------- steamer Jan 30, 12:19 pm
--You might also want to check out the WIG page for wing-in-ground-effect vehicles; IMO superior to hovercraft because of higher speeds and (slightly) better maneuverability. They make kewl models, too; check out this link:
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