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How to Create a Hovercraft

What could be more fun than riding across the ground on a great, mighty hovercraft? This tutorial will teach you how to build a hovercraft for your own personal use.

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Step 1Materials

How to Create a Hovercraft

Materials:

" 4ft x 4ft piece of plywood
" Tarp or plastic shower curtain
" Leaf blower
" Duct tape
" Staples/staple gun
" Plastic coffee can lid
" Jigsaw
" Drill/ screws
" Measuring tape
" String/pencil
" Sandpaper (optional)

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19 comments

Aug 1, 2011. 1:48 AMfrikkie says:

hi does it actually lift off from the ground?even if its a few centimetres.
I would like to build my own sometime.

Jun 8, 2009. 6:51 PMMCASEY74 says:

Will it work with 2 Leaf blowers?

Jun 26, 2011. 4:46 PMInfinite_minus_zero says:

it would probably be better w/ too... though harder to control and heavier. idk.

Jun 22, 2009. 4:14 PMraimen says:

why would you need two?

Jul 27, 2009. 5:00 AMQwertyuioLP says:

one for lift and one for thrust.

Apr 1, 2010. 5:47 AMBuster82 says:

that would work

Jan 17, 2009. 6:25 PMkimiharu says:

im thinking of making one with a old skateboard would this work? if so please anwser me back.

May 28, 2009. 10:52 AMI_Like_Lotsa_Spahgetti says:

I made mine with a boogie board THat works better

May 28, 2009. 10:52 AMI_Like_Lotsa_Spahgetti says:

the boogie board i mean

Apr 29, 2010. 1:17 PMrawknexstuff says:

I like lotsa spaghetti too

Mar 7, 2010. 12:00 PM

bowmaster says:

Awesome. I'm going to make a 5 person one with 6 leafblowers for lift, 3 for thrust, and one on each side for turning. Then ride down the street on it playing dance music.

Dec 17, 2009. 6:04 PMM4industries says:

OMG Kari Byron!

Mar 7, 2010. 11:57 AM

bowmaster says:

OMG UR RIGHT!!!

Dec 19, 2008. 6:28 AMCapt. Fat says:

I created one in seventh grade. No offense, but a smaller bag would work better

Jun 22, 2009. 4:15 PMraimen says:

there's is fine I think, they just need to tape it down closer to the edge

Dec 18, 2008. 8:06 PMLftndbt says:

Nice work!! That looks like a very stable design. Congrats on the build.

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Dec 18, 2008. 10:39 AM

ewilhelm says:

I'm enjoying the hovercrafts. Looks like this was a class project? Could you ask the instructor to contact to me? I'd like to know how posting on Instructables turned out.

Dec 18, 2008. 8:05 PMLftndbt says:

I was thinking the same thing. Class project. What an awesome teacher to choose I'bles.com for a display medium. I would think it a good oppotunity to create some type of school section, to conglomerate these together as not to let them spread apart into I'bles infinity, if you get my drift. Perhaps that would encourage more schools to use us. If not, then I would be more than happy to establish a group dedicated to display school projects. I would add this group as the first.... Anyway a lil' food for thought.