David Jenkins
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 01:18 PM |
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Now I REALLY want one of these!
LINKY
Yours four $4680 (but I don't know if that's for all the bits you'll need)
If you imported one of these - how long before it got banned! 
David
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emsfactory
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 01:26 PM |
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A hovercraft come WIG.
Very cool.
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donut
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 01:35 PM |
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that looks like fun!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 01:39 PM |
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The scope for digging a wingtip into the water and cartwheeling must be very high - and the pilot's in his shorts, no lifejacket or helmet, and
sitting on a bench with no seatbelts! 
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RichieC
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 02:03 PM |
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Ah dear, such scope for a huge crash............... carnage
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Mike R-F
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 03:28 PM |
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Wonder what sort of licence you'd need in the UK for that?
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 03:49 PM |
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Unfortunately in our beloved UK, the little grey men say that if your vehicle leaves contact with the surface it is travelling over, be it land or
water, even by a foot, you are required to have a pilot's licence.
This is to prevent you having too much fun, which as you all know would be bad for our health.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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Peteff
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 03:49 PM |
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Pilot's license by the look of it  . I can't think of many places you could use it unless you live by a large lake, river or airfield
type area.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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timf
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 03:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
Unfortunately in our beloved UK, the little grey men say that if your vehicle leaves contact with the surface it is travelling over, be it land or
water, even by a foot, you are required to have a pilot's licence.
that men't one of my old cars should be reclassified as a plane as it spent lots of time higher than a foot after jumping a hump back bridge at
70 
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him."
- Sir Winston S. Churchill, 1952
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 03:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by timf
that men't one of my old cars should be reclassified as a plane as it spent lots of time higher than a foot after jumping a hump back bridge at
70
The grey men have been informed!
[Edited on 17/2/06 by Confused but excited.]
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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robertwa
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 04:27 PM |
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I bought a set of plans for one of these from universal hovercraft - I used to be into that scene a few years ago. If you can build a locost, it would
be no problem to build on of these. 75 - 80mph, pull a skier, works with or without wings.....
Maybe some day..........
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cossey
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 05:45 PM |
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put a long dagger board on it so it doesnt leave the water and call it a hydrafoil
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 06:26 PM |
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Its an ekranoplan invented by the reds a few years back. requires a flat surface to run on and it works on ground effects. See
http://www.airbornegrafix.com/HistoricAircraft/Ekranoplans/ekrano1.htm
After the cold war the persons doing this project moved to the states and started a company building them........
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