Archive for the ‘Discovering Hovercrafts’ Category

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Discovering Hovercrafts: adding a skirt

The skirt is one of the most important parts of a hovercraft as it is the part that allows the hovercraft to clear obstacles. This is a preview of Discovering Hovercrafts: adding a skirt. Read the full post (325... Read more
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About the hovercrafts

  A hovercraft (air-cushion vehicle, ACV) is a craft capable of traveling over land, water, mud or ice and other surfaces both at speed and when stationary. They operate by creating a cushion of high-pressure air between the hull... Read more
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Discovering hovercrafts: changing the design

The project we have used for our first tests, is really simple but it is a joke. To proceed in the right direction we have to use other materials, so we have the capability to design our hovercrafts as... Read more
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Discovering Hovercrafts: the first tests.

After few days spent studying the theory we have started with some experiments.  Our first tests were successful, we have two videos showing these tests, they are on youtube where you'll find all others videos for this serie of... Read more
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Discovering hovercrafts

Hi All, we are beginning a new serie of articles about hovercrafts. In six months we are going to produce a really working RC hovercraft. This new serie of articles will be "Discovering hovercrafts". You can subscribe the feeds... Read more