On May 13, 11:37*am, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 13 May 2008 05:53:35 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On May 12, 7:35*pm, John H. wrote:
...of course, it wasn't in the Chesapeake, but beggars can't be choosy.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...iverPatrol.jpg

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John *H*

She's a beaut! I actually built a two man hovercraft, belonged to a
local hovercraft club. I bought the plans from a guy in Illinois.
Universal Hovercraft. I believe the guy's name was Windt, or something
similar. Now he's building this hybrid thing that actually flies low
over the water! A lot of people don't understand the hovercraft, they
think it rides on the blown up skirt. The skirt is actually just a
gasket to keep the air under the craft, and in perfect trim, the skirt
actually is about a half inch above the water/ground. They work well
where the land to water transition isn't steep. I had a tilt flat bed
trailer, and loved to show up at a pond somewhere, start the lift
motor up, and the craft would just slide right off the trailer! I
built the UH-14p.

http://www.hovercraft.com/content/in...ain_page=index

Very cool. That 18SPW looks fun, but it's probably not great for trolling!

We took a hovercraft from Calais to Dover and back a few years ago. Very
fast and very smooth. I've got a picture of it somewhere. If I can find it
I'll post it.

No, I didn't build it!
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I want to build another sometime. It was a fun project. The last
project I got to do with my uncle, the aviation machinist. One thing
with those that will freak someone out, is that because theres not
much drag and it doesn't dig in, you can get ripping down the lake,
shove the stick all the way to one side and do fast donuts while going
40 or 50 mph!