Do-It-Yourself Hovercraft

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Hovercraft, Leafblower, Physics, Miles, Cities, Montana, Leaf, Blower, Amateur, Homemade, DIY

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Stan Taylor and his physics class at Miles Community College built a hovercraft powered by an average electronic leafblower - watch it in action!
Print designs at:
http://www.amasci.com/amateur/hovercft.html

  1. By: spooly
  2. Categories How To, Science & Tech
  3. Views 17,075
  4. Added :08-May-07
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  • nice

    this looks awesome, i want to try it

    By sfmico 1178541580
  • Plagioooooooooo ....

    mythbuster where the first to build a hovercraft like that ... but thay use a surfboard ...

    By anjo0hhh 1178741614
    • well...

      first I have never seen Mythbusters. and second, I came up with this idea on my own, by chance when the professor told me about the hovercraft their class did - I saw a cool chance to make an interesting video.

      By spooly 1179866095
    • Yes, they has a surf board

      But Adam Savage had one like this, him and Jamie (he had the surf board) had a race along the beach in San Francisco (California) to see which one was the fastest of the two....
      I think you might need to go back and watch the show again.

      By Vipera-USA 1178928637
  • Very doable!

    I have taken a ride on one of these, the design was a little different but almost exactly the same. Lots of fun, easy to make, I encourage everyone to give this a try!

    By kevonski 1178591750
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