We think of hovercraft as a modern conveyance ... around 1876 [John Ward] proposed a lightweight platform using rotary fans for lift but used wheels to get forward motion. Others built on ...

A 34-inch lift fan operating at 1,100 rpm balances the 60-inch (152 cm) wood and carbon composite propeller that the Flying Hovercraft spins. The hovercraft's skirt is made of resilient nylon with ...

The hovercraft itself is created from blueprints for the Universal Hovercraft UH-13PT. There's a 36-inch thrust fan that's powered by a 23-horsepower engine. And the 24-inch lift fan is powered by ...

He tinkered around with homebuilt hovercraft, trying to perfect a lift system that he'd drawn up. "Over a Thanksgiving break, my brother and I built a working version of my simplified lift system ...

The Hovertoon is a brainstorm brought to life by 70-year-old retired electrical engineer Dick Schramer of Berlin, Wisconsin, who thinks his creation solves a key shortcoming of hovercraft ... and lift ...

For them, for the one-percenters of the world, a new option of water- and land-based fun is available: The Flying Hovercraft ... 1,100 rpm 34-inch (86.4-cm) lift fan inflates the vinyl-coated ...