Hovercraft

[edomus]

Originally Posted by Jeffrafa

My brother built a hovercraft from scratch a few years ago when he was in college. It consisted of 4' x 6' plywood sheet, heavy duty plastic trash bag type material, some PVC for distributing the air through the skirt evenly, two frisbees bolted to the bottom to hold the skirt up in the middle, and two electric leaf blowers for lift. It didn't have any sort of propulsion or steering, but it was downright impressive for lift. We tested it by loading it up with cinder blocks, reaching over 1200 lbs before we ran out of cinder blocks and began having trouble with the duct tape and staples giving way that were holding the skirt to the plywood.

I actually have what is left of it in my garage and have meant to improve upon it since then, but I've yet to have the chance. It is definitely in my list of things to do over the summer. I'll be sure to upload some pics if I ever get it running again

If you have any questions I may not be the best resource, but I'll help with what I can.

Question: what did the bottom of the skirt look like? Where were the holes? How were the holes reinforced?