rcboatscars

Your crqaft is totally cool. did you build from plans? what kind of fan did you use? how did you inflate the skirt? what are the dimensions, and how much does it weigh? how fast is it? way tooo cool.......JB

Kmot

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Gawdam that is awesome!! [sm=thumbup.gif] I have never seen a weedwhacker/chainsaw engine powered r/c hovercraft before. Please post more pictures and information!

Cactus.

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i brought this yeasterday, its a £30 version of the £80 Tyco one... thing is, it goes like a £30 copy.. short carpet, nope, pavement, not really, i even had it on a mirror yesterday... not that much lift. in the bath bubbles pored out the front and sides, nothing from the rear. will add some nose weight i think. probably a better lift motor too. the standard 400 size isn't enough, i've got a good 370 here or.. maybe the 9.6V guts will cope with my Wattage 10 cell pack
any advice well recived

jamesr-RCU

Try
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rchovercraft
and
www.hover.globalinternet.co.uk
also
www.ajmiddleton.freeserve.co.uk/
for free plan of Griffon hovercraft

and would recommend 'Finger Trouble' from Model Boats plan service at
www.modelboats.co.uk/

Dave03B

Just put a tyco mini typhoon hovercraft on ebay uk!!! 21hours left!!!!!!
bought a few years ago for £85 new. I good condition. And does work.

Neil Guildford

I've owned an All lander hovercraft from Australia with a 46 IC engine which was OK on water but rubbish on land. I also own a Taiyo Edge hovercraft which is fun on water and very flat surfaces but no good at all on grass, tarmac or carpets. Having said that the All Lander didn't work on grass either.

I would love to own see one that does all of this.

Neil

Kmot

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Hmmm...........the first part of this video shows the All Lander going on dirt quite well! (?)

http://www.remote-control-hovercraft...ov/hover-1.avi

tegwin

I have a 25cc powered petrol hovercraft. (sadly now for sale) it is 4 feet long and 2 feet wide. it is built out of plywood and handles like a dream. It is a completely unique experience to fly.
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Neil Guildford

Its that video that inspired me to get one. I'm not sure exactly how they managed to make it look like that, but it does look like its going downhill.

To be honest, I was really disappointed with mine.

Neil

Kmot

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Sounds like a real bummer Neil. What type of engine were you using?

tegwin

I am so annoyed, i cant find anyware near me suitable to fly my hovercraft. and it is taking up space in my shed. I think i will have to sell it and get something smaller that i can use on the hill that i live on; a nitro truck perhaps!!!

The craft is fully working and is realy nicly tuned.

If anyone is interested make me an offer, with or without radio.

For pics look earlier on the forum, (the blue and orange one race number 13)

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tegwin

Check out this video of my 25cc hovercraft

http://members.lycos.co.uk/tegwin/

Its the second link up from the bottom!!

Dave03B

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Neil Guildford

I was using an MVVS 46.

struts

try this site

modelhovercraft-tech.com

you guys will find it very interesting

Rydh

Hi, I'm new here and not to good att this language but i thougt that it culd be interesting for med and you to se my latest projekts!

I startet one sunday evning a couple of weeks ago when i had nothing to do an pulled uot some junk from the closet and builded this!





It's very fun to drive/fly so a wantet to build a bigger model..

So i bougt a .40 engine from a friend and brougt out my old rc cars and took the radio from those..

This i the result:






And here is a film from this afternoon:

http://w1.372.telia.com/~u37213169/SV3.wmv

An one of my old boat:

http://w1.372.telia.com/~u37213775/Bat2.wmv

//Rydh

Crazy Bird

Hey, Rydh.
Nice Hovercraft.
I was thinking of building my own.
I have a .35 engine with prop. But have some questions.
Wat kind of material did you use for your skirt?
What's the weight of your craft when it's ready to fly?
I thought of using a second elektro motor for lift, does anyone know wich motor is best for this.
I was kind of thinking of a graupner 400 or 600.

Thanks for help.

Rydh

Thanks!

I will try to anwer your questions as good as i can!

-The skirt is made of some "rubbery" stuff as my girfriend brought home from work but i sew it together!
-I'm almost embarest to tell the weight, but anyway.. about 6Kg, but i think that i will be able to get the weight down a bit whith my latest ideas
-I don't thing that using a second engine is nessesary, whith only one engine you get the advantage of stopping the craft when you cut the trottle, i have some wood skids that it rests on when the engine i idleling.

//Rydh

Kmot

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Rydh: very, very nice custom hovercraft you built! And it flies very well. All from the scrap heap, that is too funny!

Crazy Bird

Thanks for the info.

Can you also tell me the heigth your hovercraft hovers?
I know it's different when you give full throttle, but it's just so I get an idea.
I noticed you have a lot of snow to test your craft.
This is an ideal surface, but I don't get much snow here in Belgium.
Do you think it will be possible to go over grass and rough surfaces?

Crazy Bird.

Powderedmilkman

Heres a hovercraft that I designed and and in the process of buliding. im almost finished
its powered by a os .10 la its the the engine i had laying around
so heres the the almost finished product:

Rydh

The skirt is 5cm high messured from tho bottom of the lowest point of the craft, now i doesn't hover more than 1-2cm of the grond butt I'm going to modify it today and i hope that it will rise allmost 5cm up then.

I've tried it on wet asphalt and it works well so i think that it vill work on short grass aswell


alpinej0e: Nice! i looks about 10 times lighter than mine!

/Rydh

Rydh

Sucsess!

I modified the skirt and airways under the body and now it rices allmost 5cm high from the ground, end it flyes mutch faster.

It only takes 1/4 throttle to rice the craft as high as it gets.

//Rydh

Crazy Bird

Thanks !!
Probably I'll try to make it with one engine first.
Can you tell me what your weigth is at the moment?
And is it possible to post some pics, so I get an idea how to start and how to get that much lift.

Rydh

Rigt now its about 6Kg, but i lifts good anyway, only negativ thing is that it's more weight to accelerate.

I have a lot of pics but i would sugest that you choose the model that "alpinej0e" i building, it loocks a bit better than mine, if I had seen that model before i startet mine would be built something like that.

The other tread whith the 26cc hoovercraft is allso the same basic model and there is some good pics there.

//Rydh