LoogyPicker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On May 12, 7:35 pm, John H. <salmonb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> ...of course, it wasn't in the Chesapeake, but beggars can't be choosy.
>>
>> http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l252/jherring1/RiverPatrol.jpg
>>
>> --
>> John *H*
>
> She's a beaut! I actually built a two man hovercraft, belonged to a
> local hovercraft club. I bought the plans from a guy in Illinois.
> Universal Hovercraft. I believe the guy's name was Windt, or something
> similar. Now he's building this hybrid thing that actually flies low
> over the water! A lot of people don't understand the hovercraft, they
> think it rides on the blown up skirt. The skirt is actually just a
> gasket to keep the air under the craft, and in perfect trim, the skirt
> actually is about a half inch above the water/ground. They work well
> where the land to water transition isn't steep. I had a tilt flat bed
> trailer, and loved to show up at a pond somewhere, start the lift
> motor up, and the craft would just slide right off the trailer! I
> built the UH-14p.
>
> http://www.hovercraft.com/content/index.php?main_page=index
>
Not a bad price, either - less than $3000. What else do you have to buy
to complete it?
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