Do-It-Yourself Hovercraft

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Stan Taylor and his physics class at Miles Community College built a hovercraft powered by an average electric leafblower - watch it in action!
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Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: May 6, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Author: Spooly

Length: 00:01:56
Rating: 4.43
Views: 215584

Tags: hovercraft leafblower physics Miles City Montana leaf blower amateur homemade diy

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Video Comments:
ELDGN (November 16, 2008 at 5:44 pm)
it works holly shit i made one
iDoDew (November 16, 2008 at 12:38 am)
I did this in High School in the early 90's
KayaTetsu (November 14, 2008 at 12:34 am)
I've done that before. lol its always fun.
redwingsboy94 (October 12, 2008 at 9:29 am)
it looks like these guys took the desighn from the mythbbusters >80
Pyrokanetis (October 18, 2008 at 1:56 pm)
They weren't the first to do it by far.
mrpattyjohnson (September 30, 2008 at 1:25 am)
looks like a thicker sheet of plywood would be more efficient, cool.
anime690 (September 19, 2008 at 10:55 am)
i built a hovercraft for my high school physics class and with a good push i was able to make it the entire length of the school.
anime690 (September 19, 2008 at 11:00 am)
i used the exact same plans he holds up at the end.
kappaben6 (September 7, 2008 at 3:53 pm)
looks fun how much weight can it hold?
courtneymccaw (September 5, 2008 at 3:44 pm)
A battery for that would make it not inexpensive.