Make a hovercraft

Make a hovercraft

Stan Taylor and his physics class at Miles Community College built a hovercraft powered by an average electric leafblower - watch it in action! Learn how to do it here:
http://www.amasci.com/amateur/hovercft.html

Follow those directions to learn how to build your own hovercraft.

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Creator's Site: www.amasci.com

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andy 1 year ago
a little noisy but pretty cool.
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zachariah95 1 year ago
not that great
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samhalleck 1 year ago
try adding 3 more leaf blowers made it legit
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Mr Fly22 1 year ago
they did something ike this on mythbusters
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Bryan Crow 1 year ago
Cool. I'll bet theirs was way better. How many leaf blowers did they use?
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jacksonator 1 year ago
Gay a thon,needs 100 more hp than lets talk.
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WOLFGUTTS 11 months ago
SOMEONE HAD TO MUCH TIME ON THERE HANDS
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WOLFGUTTS 11 months ago
I WOULD RATHER USE THE LEAF BLOWER TO CLEAN MY YARD
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venom20078 9 months ago
look at me on a hoverboard. i'm floating 2 inches off the ground. wee. do this on a larger scale.
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shellydefkjh 5 months ago
wow they didnt think this through.. what are they gonna do when theres leaves everywhere?!
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