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By Sid of Stone Marmot
See previous posts in this blog for data and pictures of the hovercraft I built.

Why did you build it?
1) I had always been interested in hovercraft since I was very young. When I was 11 years old, I made a simple working model of a hovercraft from a cigar box, an [...]

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By Sid of Stone Marmot
Here is some data on the hovercraft I built.  Photographs of it may be seen in the previous post of this blog:

Type:
UH13-T, built from plans published by Universal Hovercraft of Cordova, IL, USA. About 30 % modified from plans.

Capacity:
3 people

Payload:
600 lb. (273 kg)

Empty weight:
600 lb. (273 kg)

Flotation:
1500 lb. (680 kg)

Length:
14 ft. [...]

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By Sid of Stone Marmot
This page includes some pictures of the hovercraft I built.  Some data on the hovercraft will appear in a future post on this blog.

This photo was taken part of the way through the build process. It shows the frame made of strips of fir wood. The marine grade plywood skin for [...]

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By Sid of Stone Marmot
A hovercraft is a vehicle that floats above whatever surface it is over on a cushion of air. This surface can be land, water, ice, or anything else that can trap air. An example of a surface that doesn’t trap air is an elevated metal grate. Hovercraft are [...]

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