stevegough
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 posted on 13/2/11 at 03:27 PM |
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New project - hovercraft
Just came across this on the bay. NTDWM.
Flying Fish Hovercraft Bare Hull Project on eBay (end time 14-Feb-11 16:16:12 GMT)
Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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ReMan
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| posted on 13/2/11 at 03:51 PM |
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spooky, was looking at that yesterday!
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tegwin
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| posted on 13/2/11 at 03:59 PM |
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I have built 2 hovercaft over the years... flyingfish were always pretty highly rated..
Looks like that hull has taken some abuse, but provided you were good with fibreglass they are fairly easy to fix... If you could get a 30+ briggs
petrol engine or something similar in power and weight it would be quite a good craft for abusing on beaches etc...
The last one I built had a 1000mm fan coupled to a scoobaru 4 pot... fun times
Just be careful, if you want help from the hovercraft club they are a lot of very abusive people in there... much like most motorsport forums I
guess..
[Edited on 13/2/11 by tegwin]
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plentywahalla
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| posted on 13/2/11 at 04:39 PM |
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I built a hovercraft a few years back. BBV-2 with a Briggs and Stratton 35 Vanguard engine.
Had some fun with it but found it a bit antisocial. Bl**dy noisy even with a four stroke, and was forever blowing sand or dust in peoples faces!
Its a bit of a solitary sport unless you are in with a lot of like minded hovercraft enthusiasts on an organised site ... and they are an odd bunch.
I sold it for just under 3 grand fairly soon after finishing it, a bit disillusioned I suppose.
I made a profit on parts costs, but not after adding my time.
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