Home Built Hovercraft. Pics of my home built hovercraft. Seats 3 people. Great for the upstream river camping trip.   Universal Hovercraft  design Twin Briggs And Stratton powered 3 seater hovercraft.

Left:Views of craft before installation of windshield. Right: At Richmond Airshow.

 

Construction detail showing built up internal structure of spruce and 3mm ply covering with epoxy and glass. Craft has internal floatation to prevent sinking. Control is by rudders at the rear. Entire craft was built from scratch. Spray painting structure. Above and below: Pics showing construction of composite rear propeller duct. Improved 20 % thrust efficiency by use of duct. Close tollerances between prop and duct are needed to ensure effiency. 10 HP Briggs And Stratton powers forward motion. Speed of 70kph reached on runway. Craft is lifted by 5 HP Briggs. Can lift 3 people. The craft has an inflatable skirt which is made of high wear resistant tarp material. Below: Hand carved laminated glass covered props for lift and thrust motors. TO CANOE SECTION HOVERCRAFT LINKS BACK