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News & ArtsTuesday, March 16, 2010
Video of the Day Lunchtime Quickie: The Homemade Hybrid Hover Plane
Posted by Kelly O on Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:05 PM
Dear everyone, someone has finally invented a homemade hovercraft that can fly. No, really! It only costs $13,000. My birthday is in the late summer. If someone could buy one for me, I would like that very much. Thank you, Kelly
ps. if $13,000 is too much, there's always this...
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Here's how we get you $13,000:
1) Buy a large bed
2) Start feeding you various foods of questionable nutritional value
3) Put you on webcam for the duration
4) Blank the screen for non-payers during really special moments like eating, changing your sarong or utilizing the "waste chute"
5) ????????
6) HOVERCRAFT!
And then Dan can ride you on your back as you crawl through Capitol Hill, barking orders like "LET'S MOVE THOSE CORNCOBS CINDERELLA!"
1) Buy a large bed
2) Start feeding you various foods of questionable nutritional value
3) Put you on webcam for the duration
4) Blank the screen for non-payers during really special moments like eating, changing your sarong or utilizing the "waste chute"
5) ????????
6) HOVERCRAFT!
And then Dan can ride you on your back as you crawl through Capitol Hill, barking orders like "LET'S MOVE THOSE CORNCOBS CINDERELLA!"
4
In case this wasn't obvious, it can only fly as high as is shown in the video. It's a ground effect craft, hence the stubby wings. Which is still cool but unlikely to be useful off the water.
5
@4…and it seems to me, keeping you aloft but dangerously close to the water is inviting certain death. What happens when you accidentally dip a wing in the water? Yikes!!! If a thing is going to fly, it needs altitude to free itself from hazards on the ground.
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Well, fortunately, the ground effect will cushion the impact to a great extent if that happens @5, but it's still gonna toss you ass-over-tea kettle, since the thing doesn't appear to have any sort of safety harness.
But, considering that's about the same cost as a small power boat, it still seems pretty cool. I imagine folks living on the larger lakes around here would get a kick out of it at any rate.
But, considering that's about the same cost as a small power boat, it still seems pretty cool. I imagine folks living on the larger lakes around here would get a kick out of it at any rate.
13
Now I can't decide if i want this, the jet pack, or the steam punk, rocket powered helicopter http://www.popsci.com.au/technology/arti… ... Or whether I want to be a shark in Miami...
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