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aeronca65t

aeronca65t

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OK, I don't know *where* this belongs....maybe Humour.

Anyway, I had a nice Thanksgiving with my seven sibling, parents, elderly aunts, nieces, nephews, sister-in-laws, cats, dogs and other random people that may have wandered in by accident.

Naturally, after sufficent turkey and grog, the conversation turned to hovercraft.
So ~Some Of Us~ decided to build one. Right then and there.

We found ~Free Plans~ on the interent (surprise!).

~Here Is The Result~.

<span style='font-size: 8pt'>Yes, my family is a bunch of dorks. </span>
 
HUMAN AIR HOCKEY!

Love it!
 
/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif But, FUN-LOVIN' dorks, Nial!!! Looked like a great time was had by all!!! A second blower should be added to give directional thrust!! Impressive that it "floated" an adult as easily as a kid!!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cheers.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif
 
That was entertaining!

...gas powered blower, tow rope.... hmmm... $5.00 a ride...

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I need one of those to get over the snow and down to my shed. But I need to stand on it and have a handrail 'cause if I got down on it I would never get back up again /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif
 
Bugeye58 said:
I'm thinking a gas powered, back pack style leaf blower, Nial.
Would make an intriguing pit vehicle, eh wot?
Jeff
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In the shape of one of those snowboards the kids ride down the slopes here. Except with a handlebar of some sort to hang onto,
bet you could sell a zillion of em!
 
Brilliant! That was neat. I may have to try that here. Get the gas powered blower, then take it over to the sledding hill! hehehehehehe.
 
A word in yer ear: Body armour and a good Snell rated branebucket recommended, Ben. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
I love it! Reminds me of something my high school physics teacher did. He actually had us do a lab for frictionless motion, mass, acceleration, etc.. He built one like that, except it ran off a Shop Vac exhaust. A little unwieldy to ride, but somebody could ride on it if they didn't mind holding the small Shop Vac on their lap.

What was a trip was the day our group was doing it, the school superintendent was visiting, and saw... Kids riding a hovercraft (a.k.a. "The Hoovercraft") down the hallway with a long extension cord, a few kids helping the cord along so it didn't drag, one kid pulling on the hovercraft with a spring scale, and another with a stopwatch counting the linoleum squares as a distance measurement. Superintendent's jaw dropped , then asked if he could ride it! So, we took a brief pause, superintendent got on, hugged the Shop Vac, and we gave him a push down the hallway. Who says physics class can't be fun? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/yesnod.gif
 
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