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Uploaded by on Nov 27, 2006

A group of four mechanical enegineering students built this hovercraft as part of their second year in Institute of Technology Sligo (IT Sligo) in 2004.

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  • now to give it a turn radius smaller than a football field :P

  • i am a mechanical engineer and i am currently building a hovercraft for my final year project.

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  • 0:15 Vent not spinning must have wheels under lol

  • I'm one of the students that built this. The main issue with stability is the overall width of the hovercraft. We were limited with space to build and store it so its 2 narrow causing it to tip over easy so if we were to do it again we would make it alot wider. The steering is controled by a rudder. Yes we have tried this on water.

  • @kevin15664

    its more in the nature of hovercraft. turning the body of the craft doesnt do much of anything due to a lack of friction.

    no ones really found a practical solution that i know of.

  • @pyr666 i think the fins are too small thats the prob

  • i love hovercraft thingis!

  • Probably a rotating fan or some sort of counter fan to improve stability is needed. But never the less this thing is pretty well thought out.

  • Can this hovercraft go over water?

  • that is savage

  • Great job!!!

    Ese aerodeslizador funciona muy bien aunque parece que pierde mucha velocidad cuando da las vueltas.

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