Normally I hate these slide show things on KZfaq but this gave me a ton of nostalgia for some reason 😂 that thing looks sick!

Great work!!

Very impressive work! Somebody is an engineer!

I'm in my progress to build the toys like yours, but yours toys so much awesome than mine

Am holding my breath waiting for your next installment Bob, I have a small hovercraft and you have inspired me to consider building a larger craft such as yours. More vids and pics please.

Cool, great work guys

Thanks , This project has a life of it's own and I find myself 're-inventing the wheel' over and over, But that damn wheel is getting rounder ! Currently I'm finalizing the change from the 2.2 subaru motor to two separate snow mobile engines. This was prompted due to the subaru developing a bearing problem. This required a bit of re-engineering, but I am closing in to new test sessions. I'll post more shortly. Thank's for the interest; I do enjoy your project posts! "KEEP MAKING DIRT !" Bob

This is a magnificent machine! And what a family project! You've obviously put a lot of work into planning and executing this craft. If you won't be selling plans, will you please give us a direction or source in which to go? You must be tired of hearing these sorts of things, but, hey, if you didn't do such a nice job, we wouldn't care. Best regards, Steve Dias.

Nice project I like the thrust fan tubes great idea .

That's insane... Amazing job

really nice

Very impressive work!

Hi John, The lift fan I purchased for about $350; the propulsion fans are 'home-builts'. I've tried a number of different construction methods and have had good results using casting resin. Learning the 'Do+Don't's of silicone rubber mold construction has been an interesting project all by itself. There are a lot of instructive videos about this on youtube. I',m putting together a video on this subject, but it's far from ready. Good Luck on Your Project, Bob

Hi Antonio, The wood was just coated with some oil based stain I happened to have left-over from another project. It was to seal the wood against moisture. The skirt was designed to give the craft a 12 inch clearance height because I followed the ratio 8:1 (width:height),and this craft is 8 foot wide.The current skirt design is a bag+finger,this is the 5th skirt design I've constructed. Thanks for the interest in my project and good luck with yours!

This Is great love the way you had your whole family involed. wish i was there.

I rebuilt a scat 1 and swapped out the single cylinder Rotax 277 for a Rotax double 377, custom exhaust manifold , twin carbs, upgraded hasco hi performance fan, spitter plate, etc. etc. But nothing like this.. This is pretty awesome... Great job..

Great work on your hovercraft, I was wondering if you could tell me how you constructed the fans? Did you purchase fans and then connect them to the engine or did you construct the fans for propulsion and lift yourself? I am currently designing a hovercraft of my own and am debating which route to take. I would like to construct my own fans but am unsure what the best method of construction would be. Thanks

I am truly in awe.

@wlindenlaub I'm glad you enjoyed it. I used Turbocad v11(this is an old cad program). I am very comfortable with how it works. I actually enjoyed the design phase as much as the 'dirt making' part. Thanks for checking my toy out! Bob

nice man

Nice job! Good engine choice. Let me see it when it's done :)

Thanks, The bag & finger skirt seemed to work properly,but I had engine problems with the Subaru powerplant. At that point I decided to use two separate engines. One for Lift(Arctic cat 440cc) and one for propulsion(Arctic cat 400cc).This installation is almost complete and ready for testing. I'll post more later.

cool video, keep hovering...

Thanks Steve, I'm currently trying to put together a sort of scrapbook collection of construction photo's & video's with descriptions & possible narration. Please be patient, as (here's the best excuses I know) I'm 59 ; I work on average 6 out of 7 days on 3rd shift as electrical maintenance; I've got 4 kids and 9 grandkids so it may take a couple more weeks to "git-r-done". But I am trying, Thanks again and best of fortune in your endeavor ! Bob Ahn

Sooo cool.

Those are all very good reasons!

Nice video! How's she handle with the new skirt? You have about the same clearance as you did with the bag skirt?

This is a great construction video. Very nicely done! What computer program did you use to design it?

Great work on this project. Is there more progress?

Hello, I have been watching your project for a while and was wondering if you have any footage of it flying? thanks

Great job, great video! Will you be selling plans?

This reminds me of the delorian from Back To The Future...

Hello, I was wondering if you could help me. I'm working on a similar project and I have to questions. What did you do to the wood so it would look like that? What is that treatment or process called? About the skirt, how did you calculate the size of it. Thank you.

@bobahnjr I've been looking to download a 3d design program for a few months now. I have alot of ideas in my head that I'd like to create. But I don't know which program to try without spending a ton of money.

How long did that take

Where did you get the plans?

It seems - outhor used to be a pilot of aircraft))). The REVERSE made like aircraft's)

hi, i like your work, do you have some more videos?

Hey bob.id love 2 see your work of art move.you should do more videos of it...mad work..have you sus out the hoover crafts with wing.crazy shit.but id love 1.

Would you be willing to share the plans. I would love to build one of these for my kids

Hi hovercrafter, nice video, thk's >nobody gonna tell me what to do. just a little small turbines, and especially without input cone! and Just say good luck for the tests. Pascall airdeglisse org