Emily's better homemade hovercraft

We decided to make a hovercraft out of plywood, with minor improvements over the ones we've seen on youtube. Here is how we made it, suggested further improvements and footage of all of us having fun! It weighs 30 lbs and carried a person 260 lbs.

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[waryhomme]

we are making a hovercraft right now but we are not using a big square base like you guys we are using a rectangular base. We are having problems with our skirt so what should we do?

[magic76767676]

@waryhomme What kind of problem are you having?

[THEBrownComedians549]

What are the black things for on the bottom???

[magic76767676]

@THEBrownComedians549 The black plate hold the plastic sheet to the center of the sheet of wood when it is inflated. You want the plastic bag under the plywood sheet to take on the shape of an upside-down bowl.

[TBlazers50]

Very nice, thanks for sharing :) My dad and I are in the process of building one and it should be finished Sunday when we're getting the leaf blower. Yours appears to go quite a bit faster and smoother than some other ones I've seen!

Thanks!

[magic76767676]

I need to clean out the garage. If anybody wants the hovercraft, I'm in the Maryland - Annapolis/Severna Park area.

[nkarpunin]

@concordatthefort

can you make a better one?....... I DONT THINK SO

[tommorellorules]

What cc rating is the leaf blower engine? And what is the max air velocity?

[waryhomme]

we are making a hovercraft right now but we are not using a big square base like you guys we are using a rectangular base. We are having problems with our skirt so what should we do?

[waryhomme]

hey were making a hover craft right now and we tried to do a wall skirt on the hover craft and we are about to try a bag skirt is that what you guys used?

[dakdivine7]

the guy looks like doc ock