That tube is a skirt, it's meant to accommodate the uneven surface below so that the hovercraft can work on land and water. Those fans cut off those tubes deflate.
I had a Scat and it did not have half the acceleration that yours appears to have. It also took a 14 foot trailer to haul it and a one car garage to store it. It had one prop and it had to be big , the bigger they are the faster the tip speed the louder it is.Yours makes all the sense in the world. Two thumbs up from the USA
Moving the throttle control stick to the left or right, one engine increases and the other decreases in RPM which in turn causes a turning moment. Also, by shifting your body weight with the turn. "works just fine" Thank you for your interest.
In the right environment, lack of rudders is not a problem, as clearly demonstrated. Weight shift (inducing drag on the inside of the turn) and differential thrust seem to work OK. Trickier in a cross wind, but that is part of "the right environment". Very clever idea. Skirt attachment seems a bit fiddly and likely to wear quickly, and few other bits that make me cringe a little, but overall a very credible little craft. I may pursue this concept, the fold-able ultra-light hovercraft.
Hi Konstantin. Yes, I import Hovery without engines. It is all different legislation for the customs if you import full vehicle, and much lighter weight. The engines can always be bought locally - either Honda or Kohler, whoever gives a better price :) However, I found Kohler easy to start, and with more power. Aluminum structures reinforce the ducts, and help to straighten the air flow for better thrust. QT is for cute - it looks like a flying pillow :) Thank you for the positive comment.
Can you build one like the rc hovercraft I built? Side thrusters, reverse thruster, ducted fan hovercraft built from paper, cardboard, and plastic bags
Neat! But, yeah some issues with Hovers. I helped a friend with one in the 80's in Miami, Nice Kawasaki engine, reasonable hull. Fast and cool, but turn or stop? Un huh. We could only go out when there was nobody else on the waterway. Get going about 40 or 50 mph then turn? It would get sideways, we had accounted for that so it didn't flip, but it essentially it would still be going straight, then as it slowed down it would gradually form a decreasing arc, until finally you could get it turned 180 almost a quarter mile down the lagoon. Got quite exciting at times.
great idea,, compact , it fits in a car , light ,,,and look at her fly wow ,,i don`t know who built it ,,,natalia i hope ,,she a hell of a woman !!!,,,thks for the good video
Hi Natalia. Nice hovery there. I see that your model have some bits different from the hovery´s website. Kohler engines are a nice upgrade instead of gx200 clones, did you imported the hovery without the engines? Also those aluminum airfoil type extrusions on the back of the duct, are they to provide extra protection for the fan, maybe a little turbulence removal? Why is it called Hovery QT? Great video btw, would love to see more of it. If you have time definately make one. Perhaps a review?
I was wondering the same thing, but it does transition from water to land really well, overall it's a pretty good design, but first class engines are a must because losing power on the water is not good @ all...
At the beggining of the movie, She fill up a buoyancy layer with a small blower. By the screw caps , this layer seems to be tight and so this volume ensures the buoyancy in any condition, either hovering by the thrusters or not.
@ fpvrcstuff - yes it looks a bit like that, but I think it's a heavier PVC-coated material similar to what we used on our F1 hovercraft in the early '80s. It was made by ICI, iirc, but I don't recall the name. It wore very well on a serious (100 mph +) machine.
THIS IS BOB OF SOLAR N MORE / I THOUGH I DID GREAT WITH MY INVENTIONS BUT THIS DISCOVERY JUST WET MY WHISTLE A WHOLE LOT MORE / ARE THERE LARGER KITS ?
Ya'll need to build working vertical rudders behind the fan props! This would result in better performance in your turning maneuvers than just leaning the body weight from side to side just to negotiate a turn. Other than that. . . . night video!!!
Within the skirt are four inflatable tubes which are inflated when assembly takes place and provides adequate buoyancy. NO Sinking with motors stopped on water. watch video of assembly to see inflation of internal tubes with 12volt blower connected to car socket. OK, Thanks for your comment.
If you are in New Zealand or Australia, I can supply one. The cost will depend on the option you chose - buy with the engines or without. You can buy the engines yourself and install using instruction manual.
If it had some fins behind the engines to act like a rudder, that would redirect the air flow and you wouldn't need to lean over in the direction you want it to turn.
Matthew Ford Matthew Ford I think you're making the same mistake Ivan did. It's not lean to steer, but lean to stabilize - you don't want the leading edge to plow on these. Steering looks like it's by moving the joystick side-to-side, so the two throttle cables are pulled different amounts. Ivan nearly plowed in when he came ashore at 7:45.
Moving your body just makes the effect bigger. Its steering to make one fan blow harder then the other. What you can see at 4:11. Bothe throttle cables are connected to the same "joystick" put it straight forward you go forward. Push it forward and a little left then the right side motor gets more throttle. So you go left. EZ as that.
Close - the split thrust will rotate the craft, but because you're floating on air there's no real "forward"; you have to over-rotate and use the thrusters to change course. Natalia seemed to understand that leaning needs to be opposite the direction of travel, to balance the hovercraft and avoid the skirt rolling underneath due to friction or contact with obstacles. Ivan was leaning the direction he wanted to go to try to force the hovercraft around & he nearly pays for that error when he comes ashore. I get the impression Natalia may have plowed in at some point before this. There's no teacher like failure!
Matthew Ford most small SEVs or Hovercraft do require that you lean and shift weight to help skirt handle side slip, etc. also, I believe that each motor has its own throttle and they are stearing with the differential between RPMS. Very creative design. Fun for hobbyist but not practical from cross country / extended overwater flight.
@diddymuck - fine, if you avoid steep slopes. How steep is that? No steeper than it will climb easily. Otherwise you end up hurtling down hill at ever-increasing speed like I did in a Simple Cyclone, ca 1976
@WV591 - Rudder is not essential, but skill is! A lot like skiing on snow, weight shift will get you most places. For greater precision a rudder really helps - back in the day ours had its steering damaged on the first lap of an F2 event and still managed to finish second in a field of ten.
@ jeri andrade - - if it is too stable, it is hard to steer - there is NO rudder here - the method is to lean the craft to rotate it, then use the thrust to go where it is pointed. Get too far forward, and it can slow very rapidly indeed - not a good idea. Called a "plough-in"! Been there, done that!
Hı Mrs Goldıng ıts Chloe Mıllıe & Josephine, did you know your numbers up on the internet for strangers. Can you bring your hovercraft to school on Monday for us to see? btw were your 9G students (favourite class)
i sent an example of proper engineering for controlling a hovercraft to any who may want to see it, not a smart-ass remark, just a great controlled craft with balanced control surfaces, look and maybe learn. Smiles J$
Brilliant ...
Darren ... I think the tube that is inflated compensates for floatation.
Fantastic idea, design and execution
That tube is a skirt, it's meant to accommodate the uneven surface below so that the hovercraft can work on land and water. Those fans cut off those tubes deflate.
I had a Scat and it did not have half the acceleration that yours appears to have. It also took a 14 foot trailer to haul it and a one car garage to store it. It had one prop and it had to be big , the bigger they are the faster the tip speed the louder it is.Yours makes all the sense in the world. Two thumbs up from the USA
That is just plain cool!
Yeah, could see some improvements in safety, but the craft works well for something that you can transport in a hatchback!
Moving the throttle control stick to the left or right, one engine increases and the other decreases in RPM which in turn causes a turning moment. Also, by shifting your body weight with the turn. "works just fine"
Thank you for your interest.
In the right environment, lack of rudders is not a problem, as clearly demonstrated. Weight shift (inducing drag on the inside of the turn) and differential thrust seem to work OK. Trickier in a cross wind, but that is part of "the right environment". Very clever idea. Skirt attachment seems a bit fiddly and likely to wear quickly, and few other bits that make me cringe a little, but overall a very credible little craft. I may pursue this concept, the fold-able ultra-light hovercraft.
77gravity post a video of your hovercraft
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Very well done. Thanks for sharing, you have thought this out very well.
This reminds me of James Bond when he sent for Little Nellie his folding gyrocopter.
What an ingenious design. Is this available to the public? are there plans somewhere?
Yes! Natalia has sold to others. And thank you for your interest
What price?
Hi Konstantin. Yes, I import Hovery without engines. It is all different legislation for the customs if you import full vehicle, and much lighter weight. The engines can always be bought locally - either Honda or Kohler, whoever gives a better price :) However, I found Kohler easy to start, and with more power. Aluminum structures reinforce the ducts, and help to straighten the air flow for better thrust. QT is for cute - it looks like a flying pillow :) Thank you for the positive comment.
I want the plans pronto. Great fun to build and to use.
Simple and efficient...!!!! in two words Fan Tastic....... congratulations Natalia
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Will it float should the engines fail? Think I’d be checking the gas tanks.
Awesome, simple and very affective!
Can you build one like the rc hovercraft I built? Side thrusters, reverse thruster, ducted fan hovercraft built from paper, cardboard, and plastic bags
You are driving well Natalia, love the video.
Directional control is all done by throttle?
RocKITEman _ 2001 yes and leaning if i’m correct
Where do you buy one unbelievable love it Natalie is that your own invention did you actually make it or did you buy it
Bought.. Brazil, South America look on line under HOVERY.
Neat! But, yeah some issues with Hovers. I helped a friend with one in the 80's in Miami, Nice Kawasaki engine, reasonable hull. Fast and cool, but turn or stop? Un huh. We could only go out when there was nobody else on the waterway. Get going about 40 or 50 mph then turn? It would get sideways, we had accounted for that so it didn't flip, but it essentially it would still be going straight, then as it slowed down it would gradually form a decreasing arc, until finally you could get it turned 180 almost a quarter mile down the lagoon. Got quite exciting at times.
it makes it tougher when you can’t just stop and turn
I saw your article oin "Shed" (April/May 2012), and came here.
Brilliant! This would be great on Wellington Harbour and Hutt River....
Holy cow! I want one. How much and where can i get one?
Why does this video not have way more views, this is awesome! Good job.
Thank you for your kind words... hovercraft are fun
Are you can give me a way or material to make this Hover
Hi Nignat, it's look the lady pumping two bolts first before starting the engine ?
great idea,, compact , it fits in a car , light ,,,and look at her fly wow ,,i don`t know who built it ,,,natalia i hope ,,she a hell of a woman !!!,,,thks for the good video
Looks light great fun. Could get. to a lot of places off road looking for minerals etc.
hovercraft at its simplest yet still stable and fast. Good work.. Have you sold any?
Beautiful, spectacular, amazing ...
Nice, where can I get one? Drawings for DIY???
Наташа и Ваня, вперёд! Крутая машина!
Hi Natalia.
Nice hovery there. I see that your model have some bits different from the hovery´s website. Kohler engines are a nice upgrade instead of gx200 clones, did you imported the hovery without the engines? Also those aluminum airfoil type extrusions on the back of the duct, are they to provide extra protection for the fan, maybe a little turbulence removal?
Why is it called Hovery QT?
Great video btw, would love to see more of it. If you have time definately make one. Perhaps a review?
Do the bags ever rip?
She is not an ordinary woman.....she is a Wonderwoman！ My God mother！
Wonderful hovercraft machine just assembled by wonderful women... easy to handle .. great
Soooo Cooool👍👍👍........Greetings from Ghana, West Africa
Were did you get the fan set up.?I am interested in knowing kind of thrust you get.
I was wondering the same thing, but it does transition from water to land really well, overall it's a pretty good design, but first class engines are a must because losing power on the water is not good @ all...
Can you get one of these in the United States?
Love it what as the cost & where can i get one 😂
I suppose the woman is Natalie. Is she the designer of this hovercraft model?
Thank you for your interest. Natalia
i wouldn't wanna go to war in it but its innovative as hell!
I think if you put a machine gun on it it could be used in war for special ops.
i wouldn't wanna go to war ..........
What happens when you loose power in the middle of the lake...you sink right?
At the beggining of the movie, She fill up a buoyancy layer with a small blower. By the screw caps , this layer seems to be tight and so this volume ensures the buoyancy in any condition, either hovering by the thrusters or not.
I don't think so. At the begining of the video she inflated it with a hair dryer type of inflater.
Would it be possible for you to link me a website where i can buy the fans alone
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Who is the designer of this masterpiece?
is this turned by differential thrust and are those bar steel or aluminum
Hi, Yes ... differential thrust from between each motor. Alloy bars and tubes.
ok tshank
Hello, what kind of impeller is it from?
What is the life expectancy of the skirt , it look's like blue tarp .
@ fpvrcstuff - yes it looks a bit like that, but I think it's a heavier PVC-coated material similar to what we used on our F1 hovercraft in the early '80s. It was made by ICI, iirc, but I don't recall the name. It wore very well on a serious (100 mph +) machine.
Замечательная игрушка для взрослых...
Why you have two inlet air locks?
How price of one machine...?
Love it! Good work.
Damn!! Someone is an engineer! Holy crap!
Very clever, but...a little trickey to assemble. But still cool !
PARABÉNS. NOTA 1000. GOSTARIA DE SABER SE ESTÁ A VENDA NO BRASIL .CARLOS
É produto brasileiro!
THIS IS BOB OF SOLAR N MORE / I THOUGH I DID GREAT WITH MY INVENTIONS BUT THIS DISCOVERY JUST WET MY WHISTLE A WHOLE LOT MORE / ARE THERE LARGER KITS ?
Why the heavy weight shifting
Beautiful sound, balsam for soul!
web site??
Hello! I come from Taiwan.
Where do you live,and I want to know how much it is.
This is pretty cool
No seat belt installed?
Where’s the lift fan?
Зонтик в основе идеи.... изящно!
Ya'll need to build working vertical rudders behind the fan props! This would result in better performance in your turning maneuvers than just leaning the body weight from side to side just to negotiate a turn. Other than that. . . . night video!!!
very nice hovercraft. But what if the motors stall on water ? You'll sink !
Within the skirt are four inflatable tubes which are inflated when assembly takes place and provides adequate buoyancy. NO Sinking with motors stopped on water. watch video of assembly to see inflation of internal tubes with 12volt blower connected to car socket.
OK, Thanks for your comment.
That's what i said. read my comment above.
nignat100 / '
Awesome creativity
Pure genius!
How much are these
Hey Natalia!! I'm socked from your insipiration! how much does it cost if you seel anyone...
If you are in New Zealand or Australia, I can supply one. The cost will depend on the option you chose - buy with the engines or without. You can buy the engines yourself and install using instruction manual.
Thanks
nignat100 can you supply plans?
If it had some fins behind the engines to act like a rudder, that would redirect the air flow and you wouldn't need to lean over in the direction you want it to turn.
Matthew Ford Matthew Ford I think you're making the same mistake Ivan did. It's not lean to steer, but lean to stabilize - you don't want the leading edge to plow on these. Steering looks like it's by moving the joystick side-to-side, so the two throttle cables are pulled different amounts. Ivan nearly plowed in when he came ashore at 7:45.
Moving your body just makes the effect bigger. Its steering to make one fan blow harder then the other.
What you can see at 4:11.
Bothe throttle cables are connected to the same "joystick" put it straight forward you go forward. Push it forward and a little left then the right side motor gets more throttle. So you go left. EZ as that.
Close - the split thrust will rotate the craft, but because you're floating on air there's no real "forward"; you have to over-rotate and use the thrusters to change course. Natalia seemed to understand that leaning needs to be opposite the direction of travel, to balance the hovercraft and avoid the skirt rolling underneath due to friction or contact with obstacles. Ivan was leaning the direction he wanted to go to try to force the hovercraft around & he nearly pays for that error when he comes ashore.
I get the impression Natalia may have plowed in at some point before this. There's no teacher like failure!
Matthew Ford most small SEVs or Hovercraft do require that you lean and shift weight to help skirt handle side slip, etc. also, I believe that each motor has its own throttle and they are stearing with the differential between RPMS. Very creative design. Fun for hobbyist but not practical from cross country / extended overwater flight.
Where to buy this thing?
Genial saludos cordiales desde Patagonia Chile
How do you turn?
how is it for traveling on pavement?
@diddymuck - fine, if you avoid steep slopes. How steep is that? No steeper than it will climb easily. Otherwise you end up hurtling down hill at ever-increasing speed like I did in a Simple Cyclone, ca 1976
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Зачётный агрегат!
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Wow. Nice job
Outstanding, Well done :)
I want her to marry her.. she just won the Kool award!!!!
Very impressive!
Indeed!
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I love it!!!!!
Nice one looks fun .
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So podia vir do...Japao..
Parabens...Maravilhoso.
🍸👡...Brasil..
Não vem do Japão, vem do Brasil: www.hovery.com
Excellent beautiful amazing
hello any price indication?
Brilliant job
Wow wow wow very Genius, awesome.
badass grand ma
Angelina Jolie eat your heart out as this woman is our next action hero!
Thats my kinda a woman. Where an I get one ..???
in RUSSIA...))
looks like two harbor freight horizontal shaft predator motor would do the job.needs a rudder.
@WV591 - Rudder is not essential, but skill is! A lot like skiing on snow, weight shift will get you most places. For greater precision a rudder really helps - back in the day ours had its steering damaged on the first lap of an F2 event and still managed to finish second in a field of ten.
how did i end up here??
That's so cool!!
Hey mom, can you make me a sandwich? Ya know what, I'll have a hovercraft instead.
04/10/2022,,i like that!!
угол у троса рукоятки большой, перетрется быстро
got a trouble in rudder and balance :) but nice
@ jeri andrade - - if it is too stable, it is hard to steer - there is NO rudder here - the method is to lean the craft to rotate it, then use the thrust to go where it is pointed. Get too far forward, and it can slow very rapidly indeed - not a good idea. Called a "plough-in"! Been there, done that!
cute cat in the bushes
Hı Mrs Goldıng ıts Chloe Mıllıe & Josephine, did you know your numbers up on the internet for strangers. Can you bring your hovercraft to school on Monday for us to see?
btw were your 9G students (favourite class)
i sent an example of proper engineering for controlling a hovercraft to any who may want to see it, not a smart-ass remark, just a great controlled craft with balanced control surfaces, look and maybe learn. Smiles
J$
I would be keen. roilhead@hotmail.com