Simple Rideable Hovercraft

Step 5 Finished

Flip the hovercraft over so the plastic sheet is on the bottom. Place it on a smooth floor and stick the shopvac hose into the hole. Turn it on and the skirt should inflate. If not lift up the plywood and let it inflate. This hovercraft can easily lift one adult, and has lifted two adults with a lot of strain. The amount of total weight that a hovercraft can raise is equal to cushion pressure multiplied by the area of the hovercraft.

Comments

[speedracer425]

finally a easier way to get to school

[KrispyKr33m]

how fast will the hover craft. I 'm building one but i need to find out how fat a fan of that size will move it

[XkidXhavocX]

it will go reall fast down hill... prettymuch like falling. cuz theres no friction but theres gravity effecting it.... it will move like water sliding across ice...(minus the freezing.)

[lnknprkfrk13]

These have no friction so pretty much anything will move it. I would strongly suggest getting a relatively strong fan, and if you can afford it, two fans.

[conrad2468]

oooooorrrr a lawnmower with a blade attached!

[Kendallkip]

then that would pretty much kill the hover idea from all the weight

[conrad2468]

great point....touche

[Kendallkip]

touche? lol do u mean DOUCHE?

[XkidXhavocX]

lol

[conrad2468]

no....touché prounounced (tMM-sh
') Used to acknowledge a hit in fencing or a successful criticism or an effective point in argument. A.K.A. good point...but i do see how douche would fit in there

[hobo8675309]

is it really speled that way?

[Du7raz]

lol 'speled' :D

[drakuz]

nicejob private pile lol... im going to use that sometime... "speled" lol i think its funny

[conrad2468]

yes its really "speled" that way....

[lnknprkfrk13]

but I am a little more concerned with weight. The lighter the better.

[IH BoNe]

when i did this project the more weight i added the more stable it was there for a there still is a weight limit but its okay to add weight as i said it makes it more stable.

[lathmos]

I built one of these a long time ago, they work great...they just can't steer :-(

[Rye2121]

add a handle or bike steering thing and then attach it to the hose nozzle.

[scott-band]

Does this really work? It seems so simple.

[JAKEjones1]

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[bmlbytes]

I've made 2 of these in the past. I used cheep leaf blowers, but it is the same concept. They hover about a half inch off the ground and when you get on them, they sometimes (depending on your weight) will touch the ground. They still move with very little friction. I will see if I still have one, and will post a vid of it working if I can.

[bmlbytes]

Here is a quick movie I made of it. Mine is pretty old and beat up, but you can see the anti-friction in it. I tried to stand on it, but it is hard to film and stand on a hovercraft at the same time. It also gets stuck if it starts to go sideways, you can see that at the end of the movie. It wouldn't do that if I made it a little better.

[laxman735]

Wow, anyone could build this.

[Spl1nt3rC3ll]

That's the point.