Homemade flying hovercraft - NZ reporter rides w/o seatbelt (video)

Posted by dctoedt on Saturday March 13, 2010 @07:46PM
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Re:Homemade flying hovercraft - NZ reporter rides w/o seatbe... by jazzyb on Saturday March 13, 2010 @08:56PM (#1190091)

One of the commenters on the site mentions how this craft achieves flight. It's called "ground effect". See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_in_aircraft

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Re:Homemade flying hovercraft - NZ reporter rides w/o seatbe... by jacquesm on Saturday March 13, 2010 @09:45PM (#1190158)

I still think this is one of the best demonstrations of the ground effect ever in a vehicle:

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Re:Homemade flying hovercraft - NZ reporter rides w/o seatbe... by dctoedt on Saturday March 13, 2010 @07:47PM (#1189994)

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Re:Homemade flying hovercraft - NZ reporter rides w/o seatbe... by jrockway on Saturday March 13, 2010 @11:33PM (#1190267)

Interesting. Is he turning by using the elevators as ailerons, or is it only turned with the rudder?

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Re:Homemade flying hovercraft - NZ reporter rides w/o seatbe... by jonnyrotten on Saturday March 13, 2010 @10:30PM (#1190202)

Uh, just a quick correction: the reporter is not from NZ; she's Australian.

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Re:Homemade flying hovercraft - NZ reporter rides w/o seatbe... by flog on Sunday March 14, 2010 @06:59AM (#1190555)

FYI: You can tell by: a) The deep voice b) She's attractive

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