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RE: Hovercraft - 1/24/2004 9:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		I saw the pics of the 26cc boat. I think it's a little to sophisticated.
I wasn't planning to put lot of money in it. That's why I am that interested in your model :d
But I have to be sure that there is enough lift, so I can go over rough surfaces.

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RE: Hovercraft - 1/24/2004 9:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		Okey, but i don't think that it would be any more expensive to build a hull like that.

Its at completly diffrent kind of skirt to, and i think that its better.

But i can put up some pics anyway, i will do that later tonight ore tomorrow.

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RE: Hovercraft - 1/24/2004 10:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		yeah, maybe you're right.
And then there is the matter of the skirt
I have no idea how I should do this.
I read somewhere about the fabric used in the kite for kite-surfers.
But I think it's hard to find, and probably a bit expensive.

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RE: Hovercraft - 1/24/2004 11:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi again!

Material for the skirt is no problem, for my first hoovercraft i used an old umbrella!, just take the nearest fabrik that you can't "blow thru" and thats the right thickness. Ask your mother/girlfried/sister ore anyone that knows fabrik and thats solved!

Here is some pics!

http://w1.372.telia.com/~u37213775/


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RE: FOR SALE - 1/24/2004 11:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		When i built my 26cc hovercraft in the other thread i used an old lightweight tent for the skirt. The entire tent cost me £4 from my local camping store because it had a tiny hole in it.

That is a good light fabric and it does not tear.

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RE: FOR SALE - 1/26/2004 1:50 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks Rydh Your craft looks sweet. my hovercraft is 1ft by 2ft so its half as big as the 26cc crafts. Im working on the skirt and other finishing touches right now
i should be done in the next week or two
pretty good for a 15 year old


ill post some more pics when im done


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RE: FOR SALE - 1/26/2004 7:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Tee hee...

15s a good age to be. The blue hover above is mine. My favorite and only toy. (sold the cat to afford it)tee heee, Dont tell my mum!!!

Its hard to do modeling at 15, money is a huge isue.

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RE: FOR SALE - 1/27/2004 5:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		did you ever get rid of that hovercraft m8? i got a tmaxx 2.5 ere but would prefer to pay cash if i can afford it of if anyone reading this has a cheap secondhand model for sale in the u,k please gimme shout

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RE: FOR SALE - 1/27/2004 7:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		No i dont think i am going to sell it. I brougth a very nice savage truck instead

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RE: FOR SALE - 1/31/2004 6:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		ok m8

ANYONE ELSE??

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RE: FOR SALE - 1/31/2004 6:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		By the way, what sort of money are we talking here???

Persuade me!!

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RE: FOR SALE - 1/31/2004 11:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		hey Tegwin I was wondering if you got my emails since you were to get back to me about selling your 26 cc hovercraft.
I hadnt heard from you had so I was just wondering what the status was and if you received my emails lately.

Let me know

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RE: FOR SALE - 2/4/2004 10:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Some updates:

I have paintet the "cabin", fixed the reciver and batterypack so they won't get wet and the enginemount that had broken due to wibrations.

I allså tested it on water today!, it worked well but wasn't as fast as i hoped for, aprox 40Km/h top speed and it didn't realy matter if i had 3/4 ore full throttle

And i allso found out that it floats! the engine died in the mittle of the litte "lake"(100*100 meters) that had formed due to the snow melting outside my garage.

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RE: FOR SALE - 2/11/2004 9:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi everyone. I also have a RC-hovercraft. It runs quite good on ice but havent tried it on water yet because of winter. Here is some pics of it:




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RE: FOR SALE - 2/11/2004 11:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nice, you guys from the north have the perfect places for these things

I 'll probably try to make one with 2 engines.
A .32 for lift and .35 for thrust.

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RE: FOR SALE - 2/15/2004 6:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		My Hovercraft project is coming along now too.

Its a "hull and a half" chassis powered by a RS545 motor and a 1800mAH nicad, hull weight alone (6mm plywood) is about 1.43 kilos and is about 600x400 mm (rounded corners on upper hull, square on lower).

The motor is turning a standard 9" plane prop (twin blade). The motor is mounted on top of the 90 degree lift deflector, about 60% of the propwash is used for thrust, 30% for lift and the last 10% is wasted through drag from struts and steering. The skirt is made out of a single piece of one of those inner-tubes you see at the beach. Hi-tech!

As soon as I get some pics / video i'll post them up on the "Unusual Projects" sub-forum.


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RE: FOR SALE - 2/18/2004 12:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here is a new film of my hoovercraft on the ice and on open water!

http://w1.372.telia.com/~u37213775/SV4.wmv

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RE: FOR SALE - 2/18/2004 1:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nice one Rydh.
Way to go, climbing isn't his thing

I probably start tomorrow with my hovercraft.

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RE: hovercraft go - 2/25/2004 4:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have designed and started building my own RC hovercraft but am now at the stage of starting on the skirt. For material i intend to use rip stop nylon but i need to know a bit more about the skirt design. Can anyone provide a photo of the underside of a working hovercraft or details of how to design and construct the skirt.

The hovercraft will be powered by an enya 40 glow fuel engine using the one engine for lift and thrust.

And how do i attach photo's to this message?

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RE: RE: FOR SALE - 2/25/2004 7:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		My next project is going to be building a fiberglass and carbon fiber hull and i want to use a jet turbine engine to power it, but the cost may enevitably be a problem.

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RE: RE: FOR SALE - 2/26/2004 12:33 AM   
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Status: offline 		Have you guys seen the Gemini RC model hovercraft available at http://www.modelhovercraft.co.uk/pictures.htm
I have one of these - goes well but I was foolish enough to fly it in high winds so it's off the water at the moment recovering from multiple rolls ( the wind just got under it and flipped it!! )

These's some interesting hovercraft stuff at
http://www.onyabike2in1.co.uk/Hovercraft_index.htm
including a video of the Gemini that take forever to download.

I also noticed today a nitro powered hovercraft has turned up on UK eBay Item number: 3178048836 - worth a look if your after one!

Richard

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RE: RE: FOR SALE - 2/26/2004 1:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		I had a gemini for a while, but i didnt like it that much so i built the 25cc hover shown eariler in the post

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RE: RE: FOR SALE - 2/26/2004 2:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		I saw your earlier posts - is that the video on the garage roof? Looks like a superb craft, the handling looked great - is that a kit from somewhere, or all your own work? Your Gemini must have been an early one - mine's only number 15!

My Gemini is still in it's infancy - rolled it once on land first outing because of the wind. Then rolled it about 4 times on water the other weekend ( well I couldn't wait for better weather could I? ) so now it's in the sick bay with damage to the rudders and controls. Thought I'd take the chance to modify the back end a bit as my OS 40 LA engine with it's super silencer was too large and blocked the rudders turning right very far anyway.

It's been great fun though - first craft to persuade me away from fast electric boats to Nitro fuel.

Richard

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25cc for lift, 40cc for thrust... - 2/26/2004 10:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi guys!
Me too I'm interested in hovercraft. In BIG hovercaft" xD
I have a 25cc McCullcoch with the stock centrifugal blower (it came from a leaf blower)to provide , and a 40cc Homie supossed to give thrust. I'm designing mine with solidworks, and found the following problems:
- Designing an efficient, yet simple lift system - without excessive losses, without poking holes in the water.
- Saving weight!
- Skirt design, and fixing it.
- Hull

I was wondering if any of hovercraft designers around could give me a few help on any thin they consider necessary, as well as giving me a few specs such as lenght, width weight, etc. for those given powerplants... I thought of making the beast 180cm by 90cm wide, expecting around, er... 15kg. I want it to move fast, not scale-like
Let's keep this the official hover-thread, active!

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RE: RE: FOR SALE - 2/26/2004 11:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have broght all of the hovercraft plans i can get my hands on and am working from them.

Its then just a bit of trial and error in my books.

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