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From: tw8023@pyuxii.UUCP (T Wheeler)
Newsgroups: net.rec.boat
Subject: Re: Hovercraft
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Date: Fri, 31-May-85 08:34:54 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 31 08:34:54 1985
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I once watched a hovercaft try to manuever over ice.  They
could not keep the craft on a straight course and had to
give up.  Those I have seen over water do not fare that much
better.  They seem to need a lot of room to make a turn, and
even then the turn is very tricky.  A better idea is craft
that rises out of the water on ski-like stilts.  This leaves
something in the water with which to control turns.  A small
hovercraft would be kind of fun for a project.  You can build one
yourself out of odds and ends (lawnmower engine, light frame,
etc.).
T. C. Wheeler