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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:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSYmSnpQ360

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