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| Author: | mk e [ Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:55 am ] | ||
| Post subject: | Hovercraft | ||
I've only got the 1 picture...I think I was 10 when I started building it and 11 when it "flew". It used a lawnmower engine from the trash and a prop I carved out of a 2x4 what a silly idea that was 
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| Author: | a1exander [ Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hovercraft |
Well at least you are keeping the old habits pretty much current.............carving a prop out of a 2x4 is not dissimilar to carving a V12 out of aluminium welding rods,imho. |
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| Author: | mk e [ Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hovercraft |
a1exander wrote: Well at least you are keeping the old habits pretty much current.............carving a prop out of a 2x4 is not dissimilar to carving a V12 out of aluminium welding rods,imho. i was thinking the same thing as I was posting...I guess its true the leopards don't change their spots 
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| Author: | apatrizi [ Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hovercraft |
It's amazing how the word "Dangerous", never crossed out minds..I have had my share of youthful questionable projects. Funny how after we became parents the word crosses out minds a lot! |
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| Author: | jon hansen [ Tue Feb 24, 2015 11:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hovercraft |
Wasn't that hovercraft a kit from the back of Popular Science? |
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| Author: | mk e [ Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hovercraft |
jon hansen wrote: Wasn't that hovercraft a kit from the back of Popular Science? That's where I got the idea. There was a company selling kits/plans but I couldn't afford that....so I just looked at the pics in the add and then designed my own. |
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| Author: | jon hansen [ Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hovercraft |
I'm not surprised to hear that!  How did you make the plastic canopy? |
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| Author: | mk e [ Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hovercraft |
jon hansen wrote: I'm not surprised to hear that! How did you make the plastic canopy? I'ts just a plastic tarp that I tucked under the sorts to hold it down. On the side I made the skirt using a hot glue gun to melt the glue into the plastic (and my fingers as I recall) and it was rolled at the bottom with a rope for strength. The first prop was carved from a 2x4 but hasn't quite enough so I carved another to get a 4 blade but it was too much...the final solution was a radiator fan my father had pulled off and replaced with a flex fan on the car. The things we remember..... |
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| Author: | darktype [ Thu May 11, 2017 10:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hovercraft |
This is really awesome! How I wish I did things like that. When I was a kid I always thought I'm a really good chef, making all sorts of experiments in cooking, some were awful and there are recipes that turned out fine. Sorry for being so nostalgic. 
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