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New Zealander Rudy Heeman has been showing off his latest garage invention – a hovercraft which takes off at 70kmh. . Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/ThisIsGenius.
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March 4th, 2010 at 11:17 pm
Nothing new there ,called “ground effect plane” came out over 50 yrs ago. I believe it wont catch on because they are dangerous. Look how close to the water those wings are …..what if you didn’t land exactly flat or there was a cross wind.
Here’s the coolest vehicle that hasn’t been mass produced and I cant figure out why. I came across this 2 years ago. I would think there would be a long waiting line for these if they were available..
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/781170/jetski_or_atv/
March 5th, 2010 at 2:12 am
Cricky! I didn’t think this would go global. Isn’t it cool? I’ve checked out the other video’s of ground effect winged hovercraft and there is a great big difference between this one and other versions. This one can go up to 3.0m above ground and I wouldn’t mind betting that with a few improvements it could fly like a plane. Some stability is provided by side slip causing the hull or fuselage causing air flow over the upper (lifting) wing to spoil and reduced lift creating a corrective effect. If you want to buy it here is the auction.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Boats-marine/Motorboats/auction-274622678.htm
DVD
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Movies-TV/DVDs/Other/auction-275196522.htm
More videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ih_KBru6Co
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7GRQbvKZos
Check out the questions and answers in the auction. You will be convinced that genius does not need to include the ability to spell.