Hovercraft kit Building And Flying

What Is A Hovercraft? A hovercraft rides on air under pressure that is continuously supplied by the lift system and directed into a chamber under the craft. A flexible curtain called a skirt that is attached to the outer perimeter of the craft forms the air chamber and contains the air beneath the craft.

A hovercraft is propelled forward with a thrust propeller. Universal Hovercraft prefers a high pitch, 2 blade propeller that can be directly driven by the engine, or driven via a belt reduction drive that is designed to run at low rpm that produces maximum thrust with minimum noise. There are no brakes on a hovercraft. Stopping is achieved with the reduction of power of the engines or turning 180 degrees and applying full thrust.

Steering is accomplished with movable rudders mounted behind the thrust propeller. Since a hovercraft travels on a cushion of air, some period of training is required. Most operators can usually learn to drive a hovercraft in a short period of time.

Now You Can Build Your Very Own Hovercraft From Home!

Can you imagine skimming across any type of terrain? I have always wanted to fly a hovercraft. I looked at buying a completed one or a good used hovercraft but they were too expensive for me. Plus I didn't really like any of the designs.

My next option was to build my own. I did a search on the internet and found a set of very reasonable plans $27 and bought them.

I read over the plans then rushed down to my local home depot and bought the materials I needed. I was finally going to build my own hovercraft!!

The plans say you can build your hovercraft in 12 hours but I took twice as long. For me I really enjoyed the process of building and was in no hurry. The plans are east to follow and require no special skills.

The first test drive of my hovercraft put an ear to ear smile on my face. My wife sat there and watched as I blasted across our field and into our lake then back. I am now in the process of building my second one for her.

If You want to build you own hovercraft the HC-111 are the easiest to follow, best laid out plans I have found.

Who said building a hovercraft has to be HARD?

You won't have to run around in circles trying to get a real hovercraft from plans that are too complicated, or that don't work.

Make no mistakes - this is not a leaf blower, vacuum cleaner, weed whacker, or anything like that.

This is a real working, single person small hovercraft that you can build yourself with common materials.

We know how good it always sounds when a new concept comes along. Keep reading and you'll see for yourself just how good this is…

At Hovercraft Central we've assembled a simple proven design for you to get a complete working hovercraft in as little as 12 hours.

Just think - 12 hours from now - your friends won't be laughing at your 'silly ideas' about building your own hovercraft.

With these plans, you'll be able to construct a single engine starter (or trainer)  hovercraft with the following characteristics: