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Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« on: September 10, 2020, 05:57:07 pm »

 Hello
 I was wondering IF anyone has plans for a Military Hovercraft? Preferable Western Forces.
 Please let me know. Thanks George
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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2020, 06:19:35 pm »

Not sure how modern you want it but Tom Andrew's Bell SK5 from the 1980s is a classic model plan.

https://www.sarikhobbies.com/product/bell-sk5-mm1332-plan/

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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2020, 10:15:39 pm »

 Thanks Mr. Bishop
 That`s the one I was thinking about. Anyone ever build it? Any thoughts or issues people would like to share?
 How hard would it be to make for a first time builder like me?
 Thanks again for the help.
 George
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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2020, 07:11:38 am »

You could try the Hovercraft Museum in Lee on Solent, drop them a line..
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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2020, 11:50:37 am »

Might be worth having a chat with the model hovercraft association they have plenty of members that will be happy to help and may even have plans to hand to assist you along your build  :-))


http://www.modelhover.org/home
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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2020, 09:17:34 pm »

Might be worth having a chat with the model hovercraft association they have plenty of members that will be happy to help and may even have plans to hand to assist you along your build  :-))


http://www.modelhover.org/home
Hello Thank You for your reply. I am in Canada and I am NOT aware of that organization. Would you be able to post their contact information? Thanks againGeorge
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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2020, 03:55:45 pm »

The 2 sheets of that plan have been posted to the Facebook group - Rc Boat Plans where they can downloaded.

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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2020, 11:01:53 pm »


The 2 sheets of that plan have been posted to the Facebook group - Rc Boat Plans where they can downloaded.
 
Got them and downloaded them and sent you a reply though FB, I hope.Thanks for your Help and Time.George
P.S  As this is my First attempt at building a Hovercraft, how do you make a realistic flexible, durable black "skirt" air bag??
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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2020, 11:24:58 pm »

The 2 sheets of that plan have been posted to the Facebook group - Rc Boat Plans where they can downloaded.

 


If that's a sarik plan are there copyright issues going on?  Should we be involved with that?


Sir. The model hovercraft association link was given before, and quoted in the reply you posted after.


I can't help you much, in my youth my late father had a friend called Larry hodgeson who left us a few bits as kids, the rest is history or googable.



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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2020, 05:24:14 am »


If that's a sarik plan are there copyright issues going on?  Should we be involved with that?


Sir. The model hovercraft association link was given before, and quoted in the reply you posted after.


I can't help you much, in my youth my late father had a friend called Larry hodgeson who left us a few bits as kids, the rest is history or googable.
Hello RST
 You Sir have better eyes than I do. I re read this entire section and did not see the link. Had to use a magnifier to see the mentioned link.
 I sent them a message.
 Thanks for making me look harder.George
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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2020, 05:44:02 am »

 Does anyone here have experience with making realistic flexible air skits like the real ones? What material do you use and from where do you get it? Are there any how to videos available?
 Thanks Again for ALL the help here. George
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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2020, 06:14:57 am »

 

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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2020, 06:16:56 am »

Does anyone here have experience with making realistic flexible air skits like the real ones? What material do you use and from where do you get it? Are there any how to videos available?
 Thanks Again for ALL the help here. George

I build a hovercraft once, it used rip-stop nylon... bit like umbrella material.
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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2020, 06:19:56 am »

I build a hovercraft once, it used rip-stop nylon... bit like umbrella material.

Thank You for your reply. Have to figure out where I can get that material here in Canada and how do you seal it together? Any chance you know of how to videos to make the skirt for a hovercraft?
Thanks George
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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2021, 01:32:46 pm »

I did one similar to this one
https://youtu.be/0kUsvpfkpbI
But I used a flat edged soldering iron around edge of an outer template to weld and cut the edges together in one go, worked pretty well after a couple of test cuts/welds on spare bits of material
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Re: Anyone have any plans for a Military Hovercraft
« Reply #17 on: January 25, 2021, 08:44:06 pm »

Have to figure out where I can get that material here in Canada
Thanks George


You could try looking for suppliers of kite making materials, they use rip-stop - I dabbled (unsuccesfully) with hovercraft about 25/30 years ago and that's where I sourced fabric.  Can't for the life of me remember how I joined it, glue probably.


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