Making a Hovercraft

[Loriaesw]

love it! sweet memories you are making with your kids!

[hzm32]

you shoudent use a pre blowd skirt, the leafblower needs to pump air in to the skirt, then via holes ti the inside.

[Seyahhsod]

With all that breathing in the back I expected him to tell the little boy....

"I AM YOUR FaaaaaaaaaaTHAH!"

[MrMickist]

Okay I like the idea of the non limited movement I tried it and it worked perfectly But I had a foamish blow up bottome like you did with the dhingy by using a tube

[MrMrtiki]

use polyurethane same stuff they use to install a windshield any car part store

[garabede1]

omg ur a genius i never thought of using a inflatable boat I was thinking of using some plastic bag thing no really great vid keep it up

[Axel10011]

i think it would be cool to make a 4 man size hovercraft. might need 3 or 4 blowers tho

[MrBonticlarn]

what are the materials for it

[eggsalad774]

where do you get this gorilla tape and glue stuff?

[iindium49]

sweet father son project!!! kids love to fly/hover

[Thepiecat]

@iindium49 I just wish my dad would do something cool like that with me!

[stincoolaid]

lol who was breathing near the camera

[keeprighton2007]

not a good idea to walk barefoot around saws and tools, kids!

[JcXtreme72]

Looks like Gorilla tape.

[MrCoosBoy]

you had a really good video i had to make a project for a class and this video inspired me and i got an A.

[losttreasurehunt]

great show

[whatthehellmango]

how old are you?

[streetsoccermexico]

couple questions,..

after 2:14 what type of tape did u use?

[bormlizskater]

i think it's duct tape

[streetsoccermexico]

thats what i thought but its black and it looks rubbery,.. kinda like electrical tape only bigger

[TheLastDenial]

looks like electric tape. or a black duct tape. probably duct

[streetsoccermexico]

duct tape is alot thicker, so i gues it's duct...

[JimiKiwi]

What's with all the heavy breathing from the cameraman?

[DunkDaMan1]

Nice vid mate, I like it how you didn't give up after 1st attempt.

I also love it when you say NO!NO!NO! at the end.

well done

[NoiteraD]

You could use the heavy thick blue plastic they use to cover cars and motorcycles, or put it over their pools sometimes.

[DunkDaMan1]

Lol, that's what they use in the gadget show vid:L

[OZCARW]

Holy shit darth vader camera man ha ha can i get an autograph lol

[666friday13th666]

epic

[masterwitt]

one day somebody will take this idea and transform it into something big

[LiliumNightShade]

could you use tarp?

[sk8snowboardguy]

gorrila tape lmao

[Daltinoloco]

lol

[Daltinoloco]

wow, ruin the boat. And who is breathing so loud?

[FoKisx]

darth vader is rolling

[risingblood98]

ya he is XD

[treasurebooking]

Cool dad to help your kid do this and let him take the lead. Awesome son to be willing to drop the video games and do really neat stuff like this! Great job guys!

[Estileese]

i think his dad only has half a lung

[thaskuxman]

his dad breaths loud as!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jaknob007]

lol nice comment guitar5630!!!!

Good vid though kid!

[guitar5630]

and this is how his mexican family saved on gas money this year.

[chickenboat]

relly good video it helpt me alot

[ednorandrewrowe]

So cool. In shop class, in 70's, McFarland Wi, some "big kid" made hovercraft, and shop teacher told US 'bout it (remember, schools actually had SHOP, but NOT condoms?) So,sent off to tiny ad in Boys life, maybe; also remember inflation & hard to get 'nuff money for kids dreams? Well, 50 coats butyrate dope, cloth, a FIFTY DOLLAR wood prop w/ mower engine snuffed dream. But at Magnet School here, made daughter one w/ upside down wooden shelves, coated cloth, backpack blower. Yours cooler!

[fawacoo]

his dad be breathing hard at 3:25

[datrumakboy1020]

omg it hovers 1 mm off da ground!!!

[ana4never]

theyre not supposed to hover high, and id like tosee you make a better one.

[ConnorandWilly]

turn it of you idiot plus do u even now how one works

[carrierpilot1357]

and you know how one works? you're probably mad because you don't know anything so you take it out on others.

[51jake51]

You have a computer but I can bet you 20$ you don't know how everything inside of it works.

[chrodriguezmarydown]

does ur mom know u did this?

[varun009]

does it work on water

[internet740]

u know there are cheaper strong plastics.. but its very nice good job

[dreper13]

i shouldn't cut the bottom out... only like 5 holes under it it worked when i tryed it.

[kingTAHZe1]

you should have used 2 blowers or more depending on the weight instead of 1

[ultimatebanjo]

Very cool! I made this exact hovercraft a few years ago and it worked great. I always wondered if the little boat idea would work. Have fun with it.

[Dudekahedron]

haha that was cool, gotta test it on water see if it can hover on that too!

[gustavex13]

can you send me a message telling me what are the materials(especiaaly the size). please!!

[chapman55k]

Sure. What sizes are you interested in?

[moatdal]

This is a cool video, but when you say "air foil" you are saying aircraft wing. The correct word is air cushion. But great video.

[TarheelLacrosse32]

what do you mean by the "foil that chips off" on the first hovercraft? also i think it could work perfectly fine if not better than the second, if you guys put that leaf blower onto the first hovercraft.

also how many horsepower is the gas leaf blower that you guys use?

[chapman55k]

I forget what the horsepower on the blower is. It was a midrange one that we got from Lowes. We are going to rework the thing this summer to see if we can get it to go.

[Deathguy72]

you should try one of those i think its like 50 hp leaf blowers

[bmx3r101]

stop breathing into the mic!!

[chapman55k]

I know, I know (I am the Dad). I will try to not be out of breath next time!

[itsEMILagain]

love your name, TacoForPacoXD

[zulluzu100]

rofl good try but next time buy one its easier and works better but good job on the home made ones they were cool

[chapman55k]

THANKS! We were actually thinking about buying one, but now we are kind of stuck with designing our own because we had so much fun and learned a TON.

[fattyhidalgo]

Dude you're so analytic and patient you're gonna win a nobel prize.

[chapman55k]

Thanks! I took more time than we thought it would, but it was great when we figured it out.

[TacoForPaco]

Pretty sweet! I'll probly make a steerable one. Tell me when a steering design comes out.

[chapman55k]

Thanks. We will try to post something here when we do it.

[Hawokki]

Hah! That was pretty magical looking.

Only bad thing is that you cant steer the hover?

[chapman55k]

Exactly! We want to make one that we can steer and propel next time.

[ccphilly1984]

good work kid, if you get another leaf blower or use the shop vac and leaf blower combined, you could possibly use the dinghy boat and use the hovercraft with a freind...

[chapman55k]

Great idea! Dad and I are going to do another one this summer. We have gotten such good comments about how to do it with the dinghy, that we probably will try to do that. Your idea to do two leaf blowers so it could carry two people is great!

[ccphilly1984]

lawnmower engines could work too... look at my favorite videos you will see a group from taiwan that used lawnmower engines (they have more power and stronger blades). there is also an episode of mythbusters where they make cheap hovercrafts too... you and your dad can find used lawnmowers on craigslist real cheap or at a flea market. after you get it working make sure you test it at a lake. I'm building one this summer. good luck kid...

[soroastronik]

muy buen proyecto..pero no se ha visto que se usaran elemntos de seguridad y proteccion en el desarrollo del mismo. Esto es por que uno no solo debe aprender tecnologia sino tambien como debe conducirse en un ambiente real de trabajo.. perdon por la critica.. pero exelenteee!!!!!

[chapman55k]

¡Buen consejo! El siguiente vez, vamos a asegurar que estamos usando aparatos y metodos de seguridad y proteccion. Siempre es importante tener eso habitos. Gracias por sus comentarios.

[78720]

so how long was this until you could drive it

[chapman55k]

We actually only got this to the point where we could ride it down the street. We are going to wait until this summer to do a driveable one.

[Felixelguapo]

very, very good....glad to see dad incorporated son, best way to become mechanically inclined is to start at an early age...

[chapman55k]

Apreciamos tus comentarios guapo. La verdad es que disfrutamos el proyectito bastante. Especialmente porque estuvimos trabajando juntos.

[Undergroundoga]

cool

[chapman55k]

Thanks.

[dajutster]

Mechanic55 is right. Get your leaf blower to blow into the raft (it doesn't matter where) and cut holes along the inside perimeter of the raft. It's essentially the same concept as your second hovercraft but on a larger scale. Also, dont use plywood - find something lighter. You can't afford the extra weight with only one leaf blower. Otherwise, good job!

[chapman55k]

Thanks dajutster. We will try this and post our results. We really appreciate the advise. We could not figure out why it would not work, but now we have something to try! We think we are going to go ahead and get a second leaf blower, too.

[dajutster]

No problem. Check out my hovercraft video if you get the chance :)

[fattyhidalgo]

Yeah, get some carbon fiber!

[chapman55k]

We you be willing to explain that a little? We are looking for ideas on our next hovercraft. Thanks.

[zniper32x]

that was bad as

[kathodenstrahl45]

That´s good work!

[jyutr]

muy bien

[chapman55k]

Thanks Mechanic 55. We will try it and see how it goes!

[mechanic55]

That first attempt was really great and would have worked if you had put some holes in the inside ring or towards the bottom of the raft rather than leaving it inflated. Then the blower would inflate the raft and it would conform more to surface.

[Bowzer27]

thats cool

[chapman55k]

If you just want to see it fly, skip to the 6th minute and the 53rd second of the video. Note that there is no direct steering system on it yet, but leaning and tilting the hovercraft and the leaf blower while going forward will make it veer and spin a little.