pic: Buitiful day for hovering
 

What did you make the baffle out of? It kindof looks like a trash bag? How is the propeller held on?

Baffle? Dont you mean skirt?

Its Not Just a Trash bag Its A Glad Bag

And yes it is held on good!

The skirt.... now underneath is it pulled together by a rubberband or what?

an Ovaltine lid and a bolt

But how is it held on? From the pic it looks like it's somehow ziptied on.

zip-ties

Does it actually go above the ground, or does the skirt drag? I remember making one of these a few years ago out of a cake pan, and a motor with a fan, and 9v battery.

It would float about 1/16th of an inch.. which isn't much.. Maybe I will try making a new one like yours, but without the controller, and weighty parts.

A friend cut off his finger on a propeller on his hovercraft.

i use it in my pool and when i take it out it isint wet

I don't think Tytus will have a problem with this, considering the fans that are used. The Propeller would break before his hand does. It looks like a light plastic material.

His were plastic too. Have someone stick their finger in the propeller and see if it comes off :)

Tytus...I'd love to see plans and a BOM for how you built that thing!

I had an unfortunate but lucky experience with a wooden propeller on an RC airplane. I accidentally hit the channel reversing switch on the transmitter while I was working over the plane. The propellor spooled up really quick and it my arm going really fast. Lucky for me, all I got was a 1.5 inch gash instead of a missing finger.

Moral of the story, think ahead like 4 steps in whatever you are doing. A lot of accidents will be prevented. I don't think you need a guard because it would be impractical but just be careful in what you do.

Have fun.:)

Some of the best things in the mechanical world come without plans, instructions, or a parts list. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a "just do it" sort of project - and that's totally cool with me.