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From: nxn@ihuxm.UUCP (Dave Nixon)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: hover-mowers
Message-ID: <985@ihuxm.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-May-84 18:57:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 11 18:57:00 1984
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Hover-mowers have been commonly used in Britain for about 15 years.
The main brand is Flymo. They are very light and easy to push/pull.
They are ideal for mowing steep slopes with more level ground at the top,
as they can be dangled from a rope and swung like a pendulum.
There are safety problems if you happen to slip - I have heard of two
people who have mown their own feet.  Wearing spiked shoes should reduce
the danger (golf shoes are ideal).  As I understand it, to be legal here
in the USA (IL?), some kind of blade-stopping device is necessary in case the
user releases the handle. This might be too heavy for a hover design, or
might otherwise interfere with the hover effect.

Dave Nixon	AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, IL	..!ihnp4!ihuxm!nxn