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da-g-dog
Mad Scientist
USA
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 Posted - Oct 20 2003 : 3:23:32 PM
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For a very simple hovercraft, could I just get a cheap vinyl raft from Wal-Mart, inflate it, turn it upside down cut a hole in the bottom layer of vinal and plumb the leaf blower in that hole to get my lift?
Or should I turn it upside down and poke bunch of holes in the new bottom ring of vinyl all the way around and plumb the blower into this?
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Kale
Nobel Prize Winner
Canada
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Posted - Oct 20 2003 : 5:55:39 PM
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Directly through would probably be your best bet. It seems to me that you would loose too much pressure going through the inside of the wall of the raft. The raft is just a container for your pressure bubble anyway.
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gokartmaniac
Apprentice
Germany
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Posted - Nov 06 2003 : 9:08:29 PM
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why dont you use plastic sheeting it comes in large sizes and you choose the thickness it can be found at any major hardware store also hovercrafts will go better if there round rite
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Posted - Nov 08 2003 : 05:55:40 AM
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okay, i havent read the every thread to this post, but a hovercraft!!!?????? AWESOME!
i really wanna build one, if someone could give me a diagram and plans explaining everything, i will be eternally grateful....shit.
please answer the questions above...
o yea one more, with the hovercraft, does it just life up or does it also go foward?
also, could i go onto the road with it..and down and up hills? if not, why?
PLEASE ANSWER ALL MY QUESTIONS.
cheers!!!
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gokartmaniac
Apprentice
Germany
105 Posts |
Posted - Nov 08 2003 : 07:34:41 AM
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| i saw some plans on an electric hovercraft powered by a vacuum battery it bassically a circle covered on the bottom with plastic sheeting and an square hole that you atach an box to and place the motor shaft through a drilled hole and put a proppeler on the other end how do you make the proppeler please answer thank you |
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cirvin
Nobel Prize Winner
USA
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Posted - Nov 08 2003 : 10:21:33 AM
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backyardasenal.com has a good diagram for a hovercraft. hovercrafts are vicles that use a thin layer of air to reduce friction to almost none so it can glide over surfaces. yes, you could use it on theoretically any terrain, but a hommade one probably cant clear 3 foot boulders. they are mainly used on water because it doesn't wear out the skirt as mough, but still the skirt should last a long time. they do go forward, just have a prop pushing it (since there is low friction, you don't need alot of power to make you moove, a small hovercraft, say 2'x4' could bepowered by a 25cc weed wacker motor) and off you go.
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da-g-dog
Mad Scientist
USA
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Posted - Nov 08 2003 : 12:14:23 PM
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okay, i havent read the every thread to this post, but a hovercraft!!!?????? AWESOME!
i really wanna build one, if someone could give me a diagram and plans explaining everything, i will be eternally grateful....shit.
please answer the questions above...
o yea one more, with the hovercraft, does it just life up or does it also go foward?
also, could i go onto the road with it..and down and up hills? if not, why?
PLEASE ANSWER ALL MY QUESTIONS.
cheers!!!
Edited by - larrikin21 on Nov 08 2003 07:03:55 AM
Dude, take some time to read up in this thread, most of your answers will be answered there.
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Posted - Nov 08 2003 : 11:54:54 PM
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thanx, when u say, use a prop to make it go foward. what do i do? just give it a little push off the ground and off it goes? or do i continually have to push off...
also, would it go fast?
i basically want to build one because my hobby is building things and i am intigued by this hovercraft business.
so does the hovercraft go on water, up and down hills and on ovals and stuff?
i want it to go and i wouldnt have to do anything exept steer. also, how does the steering work? do i just lean to one side or something?
so please answer ALL my questions (sorry if that sounds bossy)
thanx alot!!!
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da-g-dog
Mad Scientist
USA
231 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2003 : 2:32:59 PM
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A prop is not a stick, like it sounds like you think it is. It is a propeller. And as said before, many of your questions have been answered previously in this string.
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Posted - Nov 09 2003 : 6:48:08 PM
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shit i gotta go to school and i dont have time to read it all...would just a normal battery powered fan that i could buy in an electrical store be good? i dunno..i want it to go pretty fast. and with the prop, do u use that to turn the thing aswell?
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Aaron Cake
Administrator
Canada
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Posted - Nov 10 2003 : 09:53:47 AM
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READ THE THREAD. This is not a suggestion. Any further posts will be deleted unless you can prove that you have read the entire thread first. Lazyness really bothers me...
As for hovercrafts, if I were you I would start at howstuffworks.com , and then progresss to a Google search on "hovercrafts" and "hovercraft plans".
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Mini Hover Craft
