Do good hovercrafts exist?
07-08-2005, 09:02 AM
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Do good hovercrafts exist?
I've seen boats, planes, cars, helicopters, tanks and ufos, but other than the old nikko toy hovercrafts, I've not seen any good ones....do they exist?
07-08-2005, 09:23 AM
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RE: Do good hovercrafts exist?
Most moderate sized are scratch built from plans, there are a few large petrol powered hovercraft models on the market, use the search function.
Regards, Jan.
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07-09-2005, 09:23 AM
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RE: Do good hovercrafts exist?
Attack,
Yes, in fact there is one company that I am aware of that does produce a hovercraft kit in R/C form. I have a friend that has one and I did have a chance to run it. It is very different and very fun to operate. I can vouche for that. Here is their E-mail address http://www.hovercraftmodels.com/ The one my friend has is the SK-5 gunboat. It runs on a regular R/C car stick battery pack. The body is made from some sort of lexan, much like a car.
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Yes, in fact there is one company that I am aware of that does produce a hovercraft kit in R/C form. I have a friend that has one and I did have a chance to run it. It is very different and very fun to operate. I can vouche for that. Here is their E-mail address http://www.hovercraftmodels.com/ The one my friend has is the SK-5 gunboat. It runs on a regular R/C car stick battery pack. The body is made from some sort of lexan, much like a car.
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07-10-2005, 10:56 PM
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RE: Do good hovercrafts exist?
Just how big is the size of a good quality hovercraft are you looking for?
I have a 30" x 14" E.P. Hovercraft.
It is a scale model of the U.S. Navy LCAC-1.
It has twin lift E.P. motors, Twin E.P. propulsion motors (540 class) & runs on 14 sub-C cells.
The company that makes it is called Kinetics Inc.
I have a 30" x 14" E.P. Hovercraft.
It is a scale model of the U.S. Navy LCAC-1.
It has twin lift E.P. motors, Twin E.P. propulsion motors (540 class) & runs on 14 sub-C cells.
The company that makes it is called Kinetics Inc.
07-11-2005, 05:29 PM
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RE: Do good hovercrafts exist?
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I didn't think Kinetics was still in business.
Do you have a web site or any contact info for them?
I didn't think Kinetics was still in business.
Do you have a web site or any contact info for them?
Here's their contact number: (206) 641-5611. I found that on the Instruction manual that came with the E.P. hovercraft kit I have (LCAC-1 U.S. NAVY). It's an old stock that was gathering dust at the LHS that I visited.
Here's the link to the website that still sells them: [link]http://www.quicktechhobby.com/Hovercrafts/Hovercrafts/LCAC%20HOVERCRAFT.htm[/link]
I'm not sure if those r/c hovercraft kits are "old stocks".
05-12-2016, 04:41 PM
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I was lucky About 9 years ago, I got a Kinetics Comando hovercraft with all that it came with A profession built it for me, I'm into helicopters, and it can out great I feel with a little work, it might be one of the best out there since that company did fine work. Im selling the finished set, probably on Ebay in about a week, top of the line radio and all If your interested, Ill send you all the info.
05-13-2016, 10:13 PM
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I was lucky About 9 years ago, I got a Kinetics Comando hovercraft with all that it came with A profession built it for me, I'm into helicopters, and it can out great I feel with a little work, it might be one of the best out there since that company did fine work. Im selling the finished set, probably on Ebay in about a week, top of the line radio and all If your interested, Ill send you all the info.
