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 1: Materials

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)

frikkie says: Aug 1, 2011. 1:48 AM

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

saber5 in reply to frikkieSep 16, 2012. 11:35 PM

how does it go forward

MCASEY74 says: Jun 8, 2009. 6:51 PM

Will it work with 2 Leaf blowers?

Infinite_minus_zero in reply to MCASEY74Jun 26, 2011. 4:46 PM

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

raimen in reply to MCASEY74Jun 22, 2009. 4:14 PM

why would you need two?

QwertyuioLP in reply to raimenJul 27, 2009. 5:00 AM

one for lift and one for thrust.

Buster82 in reply to QwertyuioLPApr 1, 2010. 5:47 AM

that would work

kimiharu says: Jan 17, 2009. 6:25 PM

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

I_Like_Lotsa_Spahgetti in reply to kimiharuMay 28, 2009. 10:52 AM

I made mine with a boogie board THat works better

I_Like_Lotsa_Spahgetti in reply to I_Like_Lotsa_SpahgettiMay 28, 2009. 10:52 AM

the boogie board i mean

rawknexstuff in reply to I_Like_Lotsa_SpahgettiApr 29, 2010. 1:17 PM

I like lotsa spaghetti too

bowmaster says: Mar 7, 2010. 12:00 PM

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.

M4industries says: Dec 17, 2009. 6:04 PM

OMG Kari Byron!

bowmaster in reply to M4industriesMar 7, 2010. 11:57 AM

OMG UR RIGHT!!!

Capt. Fat says: Dec 19, 2008. 6:28 AM

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

raimen in reply to Capt. FatJun 22, 2009. 4:15 PM

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

Lftndbt says: Dec 18, 2008. 8:06 PM

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

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ewilhelm says: Dec 18, 2008. 10:39 AM

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.

Lftndbt in reply to ewilhelmDec 18, 2008. 8:05 PM

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.