Hovercraft

[adamrp]

Originally Posted by Jeffrafa

The leaf blower is attached to the metal box via a hole in the back of the box, from there the air is distributed into the skirt via the 4 PVC pipes, helping to spread out the air and fully inflate the skirt. The four spots of duct tape on the bottom farther out were to protect from the PVC pipes cutting holes in the plastic when the hovercraft wasn't running.

Is it necessary to have the 4 pipes distributing the air like that? Did you first try to make the craft without distributing the air and find that it didn't work? I ask because we did not plan to do this, but we did think that it could be a possible problem. Thanks.

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