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this is the latest craft that i have got so credit must go to the builder

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Pretty Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![8D]
-Wayne

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Very nice!!![8D]

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Hover Tim,

Awesome job!!!!!Looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best of luck..[sm=shades_smile.gif]

-Rich.

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Thats a darn smart looking model of an SRN6?

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As i said i just paid for it credit must go to the builder i have however managed to get the latest craft to this stage its an SRN6 MK5 for more pics follow this link http://www.flickr.com/photos/19759955@N07/

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Hover Tim,

Where can i go to get one like that. Im interested in getting a skirt like that if i cannot get a whole kit... that SRN6 is AWESOME!!! I have a SK-5 Gunboat from QuickTechHObby.com and its okay but nothing like your SRN6

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this sort of N6 can take anywher between 6 mounths to a year the builder of this cra spent 2 years on her i do know someone that does makethe odd model for people i will ask him about it for you which n6 would you like if he can do it

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Do these look firmilar? I would want one similar to any one of these... How much would they cost? Estimate?

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I have asked the chap that has done these have you got an email adress if he wants to do if for you i will pass it on

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Hey just wanted to show you guys a picture of my hovercraft now. Its a Army SK5 Gunboat by Quick Tech Hobbies....

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nice craft i prefer to scratch build as nice as your model is moulding plastic has its limitations where as balsawood can be cardved ,cut in to any shape you want just out of curiosity how does your craft perform i am back onto the SRN6 MK5 as the skirt is partly ready so i have started to put the main part on theres just a smaller bag at the back see http://www.flickr.com/photos/1975995...7604498903510/ just the bottom of the bag to attatch

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Wow that's truly amazing how you just shape your hovercrafts out of balsa wood. I bet it is a very tedious job. You ask how does mine run? Well im satisfied with it because it does everything a hovercraft should do. I purchased a separate speed controller for the lift fan so both the thrust fan and the lift fan can be proportional. It flies nice. The lift fan fills the bag at less than 50% power, any thing more and the bag starts to viberate against the surface. The thrust motor came with the kit so decided to use that first to see what kind of power i got out of it and it works nice. The only problem i have is slowing down. When i get up speed on a smooth surface i have to let air out of the bag to slow down or else i will run into something. I guess that is just where i need to hone my skill. Other than that i pretty much fabricated the thrust fan shroud out of light ply and made a rudder for it where i have a servo attached to it in the rear of the craft. I dunno its okay but your models are just full of so much detail and has so many working parts. thats what i like about your models

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As i said i did not buildthis particular modle but scrach building is relativly easy thin ply for the decks and balsa spars i have had a word wiht Mark and hes a bit busy at the moment to build you one if you wnat to scrath build a Model hover theres diffent ways of doing it theres the Griffon 200 TDX the plans are free form http://www.model-hovercraft.com/2000tdx/2000tdx.html it a nice caft to build and i have built one as have mant other people so threes lots of info on the web about them or thres the Grifin600 model avalibe from http://www.modelhovercraft.co.uk/index.php?q=65.html or the SRN6 plan avalible from traplet publications for a firts scrachbuild i would go for the griffon 2000 than you can build sometihng that looks like this

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I always wanted a hovercraft but never actually got around to getting one. These hovercrafts look awesome though!