Does this require a special license?
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Flying Hovercraft
- Thread starter getakey
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I have been wanting to build a hovercraft sinceI was a kid. Those ads in the back of popular science did it for me "runs on a law mower engine" . Just buy our kit and ad an engine! House I grew up in was on the water and always fantasizes about driving off the dock and zooming across the bay! One day maybe!
Unfortunately , this indicates no permit required for operation of a ground-effect aircraft .http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_(aircraft)
But it does look like potential fun with training.
Since this is so much different that a boat with v-hull in water or a plane with altitude manuevering room for banking using ailerons , I would think performing a turn at any speed other than slow would take great care and very large radius using the air-boat-style rudder so as to not dip 1 wing in the drink & cartwheel in spite of the skids. I think most ground-effect craft have optimum height of less than 1/2 total wingspan, some much less.
Zane - There's still time! Here you go: http://www.mowersdirect.com/lawn/hover-lawn-mowers.html?gclid=CPO--8Ss8rACFUXc4AodaQLrSQ
But it does look like potential fun with training.
Since this is so much different that a boat with v-hull in water or a plane with altitude manuevering room for banking using ailerons , I would think performing a turn at any speed other than slow would take great care and very large radius using the air-boat-style rudder so as to not dip 1 wing in the drink & cartwheel in spite of the skids. I think most ground-effect craft have optimum height of less than 1/2 total wingspan, some much less.
Zane - There's still time! Here you go: http://www.mowersdirect.com/lawn/hover-lawn-mowers.html?gclid=CPO--8Ss8rACFUXc4AodaQLrSQ
Had a hovercraft once (not the flying kind). It was lots of fun but a dangerous little beast. No brakes and in the smaller ones no reverse thrust either. No keel, they'd as soon go sideways as forward. On anything but a level surface they want to go downhill.
They take a LOT of room to turn. As you can't bank, they skid like nothing you can imagine, unless you've driven on ice.
They're good on ice and mud where nothing else will work, but otherwise...
If you're really interested get a toy hovercraft to practice with. At least it won't kill you.
They take a LOT of room to turn. As you can't bank, they skid like nothing you can imagine, unless you've driven on ice.
They're good on ice and mud where nothing else will work, but otherwise...
If you're really interested get a toy hovercraft to practice with. At least it won't kill you.