Hovercrafts

[Andrew Rudolph]

I too am planing on making a Hovercraft this summer. I have already made some prototypes with electric motors. The basic concept is pretty easy. If you look in McMaster Carr they have some propellors that are suited to handle some air movement but only a few Hp. For Skirt material we are getting the stuff they make parafoils out of and the frame will be EMT pipe with foam to fill it in. We are still looking for a source to find the correct propellors. If you look online you can find calculators for hovercraft design. I would Really reccomend watching the junkyard wars of hovercraft building they explain the concepts very well including the skirt.




Andrew