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Step 2What are the Improvements?
Hovercraft gain lift from pressure-drops. More rapid changes in pressure and downward air-velocity give rise to greater lift.
Early attempts at a hovercraft simply blew air down an open shaft towards the ground. However, when the bulk of the shaft was closed off, and the air-flow restricted to the edges of the craft, the increase in lift was startling.
In the traditional CD hovercraft, the drop in pressure is gradual, spread over the whole surface of the CD. We are going to use the polystyrene and paper to create channels that will restrict the airflow so that the pressure-drop occurs more rapidly near the edge of the disc.
Early attempts at a hovercraft simply blew air down an open shaft towards the ground. However, when the bulk of the shaft was closed off, and the air-flow restricted to the edges of the craft, the increase in lift was startling.
In the traditional CD hovercraft, the drop in pressure is gradual, spread over the whole surface of the CD. We are going to use the polystyrene and paper to create channels that will restrict the airflow so that the pressure-drop occurs more rapidly near the edge of the disc.
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