part of the success of the new
generation of hovercraft is that the
companies that make them know their
limitations so they produce practical
reliable machines to fill a very defined
niche in the market long gone are the
fanciful dreams of the 1960s that one
day we’d all be riding around on our own
personal hovercraft hey Johnny I think
you might be wrong there you look close
enough
there’s still a few dreamers out there
what do you reckon yeah it’s really cool
but what is it it’s not Australian air
board yeah can I have a go
no and it’s no gimmick it is a
full-blown hovercraft with a proper lift
fan to get it airborne
the only difference from a conventional
hovercraft is that it’s got a hidden
wheel that touches down to drive it
forward which is a bit of a cheat but
it’s still pretty cool
now if you’re sitting at home thinking
you’d really like to own our Becraft but
don’t want to spend a fortune buying one
we might just have the answer we’re
going to show you how you can build your
own hover board for around 150 pounds
all you need is a piece of plywood some
plastic sheeting some drain pipe and a
leaf blower
now this is what we’ve done we’ve
attached a petrol-driven leaf blower to
a piece of plywood though air from the
blower is going to go down through this
down pipe through a hole in the board to
the underside this PVC sheeting is our
improvised hovercraft skirt or air
chamber and the air escaping through
these holes that we’ve made will
hopefully provide the lift to get us off
the ground
let’s put it down and I’m gonna fire it
up mate okay air cushion provided by the
blower lift the heavy plywood board and
100 kilograms of Johnny off the ground
with ease I’m gonna give you a push and
let you go yeah go and because there’s
very little contact with the floor
there’s very little friction which means
all you need to do is apply a tiny force
to go flying Johnny that’s workin a
dream
now having a right height up just a few
centimeters means it wouldn’t be very
good on rough ground but on a smooth
polished gym floor our do-it-yourself
hovercraft is definitely a success
Oh
generation of hovercraft is that the
companies that make them know their
limitations so they produce practical
reliable machines to fill a very defined
niche in the market long gone are the
fanciful dreams of the 1960s that one
day we’d all be riding around on our own
personal hovercraft hey Johnny I think
you might be wrong there you look close
enough
there’s still a few dreamers out there
what do you reckon yeah it’s really cool
but what is it it’s not Australian air
board yeah can I have a go
no and it’s no gimmick it is a
full-blown hovercraft with a proper lift
fan to get it airborne
the only difference from a conventional
hovercraft is that it’s got a hidden
wheel that touches down to drive it
forward which is a bit of a cheat but
it’s still pretty cool
now if you’re sitting at home thinking
you’d really like to own our Becraft but
don’t want to spend a fortune buying one
we might just have the answer we’re
going to show you how you can build your
own hover board for around 150 pounds
all you need is a piece of plywood some
plastic sheeting some drain pipe and a
leaf blower
now this is what we’ve done we’ve
attached a petrol-driven leaf blower to
a piece of plywood though air from the
blower is going to go down through this
down pipe through a hole in the board to
the underside this PVC sheeting is our
improvised hovercraft skirt or air
chamber and the air escaping through
these holes that we’ve made will
hopefully provide the lift to get us off
the ground
let’s put it down and I’m gonna fire it
up mate okay air cushion provided by the
blower lift the heavy plywood board and
100 kilograms of Johnny off the ground
with ease I’m gonna give you a push and
let you go yeah go and because there’s
very little contact with the floor
there’s very little friction which means
all you need to do is apply a tiny force
to go flying Johnny that’s workin a
dream
now having a right height up just a few
centimeters means it wouldn’t be very
good on rough ground but on a smooth
polished gym floor our do-it-yourself
hovercraft is definitely a success
Oh
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