Universal Hovercraft - UH-18SPW Hoverwing™ Flying Ground Effect Hovercraft
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2009
- Hovercraft in style. Powered by a 4-cylinder automotive engine, the UH-18SP is everything you'd ever want in a hovercraft. It was designed for people who love to play. For the family that gets together for fishing, skiing, cruising and all-around fun, this is your vehicle. The UH-18SP will take you places other craft have never been. Convert your UH-18SP hovercraft into the 18SPW Hoverwing™ in less than twenty minutes and fly up to 10 feet high over waves, rocks, beaches and fields in ground effect. The wings roll up and can be stored aboard the craft for easy transportation and rapid deployment. The UH-18SPW Hoverwing™ is the only ground-effect hovercraft to be released as a plan or kit. Ground effect hovercraft operates over any terrain while cruising at an altitude of 4 to 12 feet. Home made from plans available thru Universal Hovercraft.
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Somewhere in the world, a government bureaucrat's head has just exploded wondering exactly what license you will need for that.
Well said
I got to meet the inventor of this machine, he was very smart and down to earth. He appeared on the old tlc show junkyard wars, when they built hovercrafts. he was on the winning team naturally.. Bob Windt!! he took me a ride on one of his hovercrafts and halfway up the river he asked me if I wanted to drive it, totally awesome.. there's nothin like it..
This is the best marketing I've ever seen for any product. I want one!
Sir,
We use EA-81 (85 hp) and EJ-22 (140 hp) Subaru engines. They can be found from junk yards for under $ 600. Rebuilt engines go from $ 3,600 to $ 6,000.
The 20 thousand dollar kit is a quick-build where much of the work is done for you. You can find details at Universal Hovercraft website under the 18SPW section.
I visited these guys at their shop years ago. Pretty cool designs, though my dad and I never finished building our own hovercraft.
Take off speed is about 50 mph. Typically we fly at 55 to 65 mph depending on payload and conditions.
haha lol i love the tiny wind-shield wiper at the very beginning xD
Combination air cushion vehicle and wing-in-ground-effect machine - cool!
I came for the sick soundtrack and left knowing that there were flying hovercrafts in 2009
Thanks! Ketchikan is on an island and among several dozen other islands that are separated by about 1/2 to 1 mile waterways. The water isn't too rough normally but it does get rough in storms. This seems like a really nice way to travel when island hopping and may be a better way than flying float plane where you really do need steel balls because they shake and crash so much.
That is BEAUTIFUL!
Wow! This video and soundtrack must be 20 years old.
this isn't the original soundtrack
This is fantastic and it looks like so much fun
i like the little wind shield wiper on the boat/plane
A helluva lot more practical than a normal hovercraft.
Ooo I like the music.
Super génial, jamais vu ça !!!
That looks like too much fun!
That thing is amazing!
You don't see these everyday. Remarkable piece of engineering.
bravo, need 10 of these.
Looks like loads of fun!! : )
That looks like so much fun!!
In Miami, in 1973 there was a guy who had one and it ran on a Volkswagen engine. No licensing authority (city, county, state) would grant him approval to drive the thing ANYWHERE. With today's crowded city streets, alternatives like this are the answer.
Im so jealous , that must be a dream to operate .Wow:)
its awsome i had a hovercraft and you enter the third dimension and you are flying especially when if you add wings your not touching the ground however you wanna call it very nice
Very neat kit would love to have one.
I know what I want for my birthday!!
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen! =D
basically, its a rear prop plane that has short wings with a very high lift factor. even though the thing weighs a good bit, the engine is strong enough to keep speed for the wings to generate enough upward lift, but not to much. this craft is at almost a stall the entire flight
Spretty damn bad ass. You'd be the coolest kid at the lake.
Bravo! Cool soundtrack.
Super pour des interventions rapide !
amazing!
Thats...so........COOL!!!!! :)
this is pretty cool
now i think we will have hovering cars in the soon futureits gonna be awsome omfg im soo excited
I'll put an order in for one tomorrow.
Going higher means risking crashing and burning. It does what it does very well. Nice machine.
Holy damn that looks fun
Your own personal WIG! cool! =D
Nice machine!
Thats so cool
Amazing video
Great video's Mike. I start watching your video's and lose track of time.
How cool is this.
AWESOME!!
Very impressive
I looked at the non-winged rescue varient of this thing on their website... I could see the potential for the use of something like that along the Gulf Coast. Even outside of that one I do think that there are some interesting vehicles.
If you looked at the title... flying ground effect hovercraft.. Universal hovercraft is A Hovercraft manufacturing company. And this is a conversion kit for one of their models, which changes it from a hover craft to a ground effect vehical
that is sick
that looks like fun
I have got to get me one of those!
you the MAN!
that's Jetsons stuff right there. Mad props. not regular but Mad props.
excellent!
It's amazing how I start out looking at one thing, then totally end up looking up random videos like this.
Only on youtube.
Wow if I can buy this without having to make it then I would this is legendary
Awesome!!!
THATS SO BOSS
one word for that ,, awesome
LOOOOL dude i laughed out so loud! Thanks :-D
excellent fun!!
Cool...Awesome
looks like fun
HOLY CRAP THIS IS SICK AND OSOME
I don't think the general public is ready for this... but I am
@PestVolk Thanks! Cool sound
perfect to have when you drive to fast on the sea and cops comming after you :D
Oh hot damn, this is my jam.
amazing
I will promote these in Florida , bring me 2 to demonstrate 👍
you know what be awesome if they had a deathrace versions of these hovercraft
This is a very interesting vechile and although more research needs to be done, i believe that the wing profile and area maybe what is preventing this from actually flying. I build R/C aircraft and can see that these are the areas that may need to be addressed to correct the flight problem to some extent
amazing....
@zaSneakyTcikleR nope! that this one at least. all you need is a standard boating license
Groundtoair985?
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true genius!
wow greatttt !!
Some crazy kid is Gina build this out of plywood and leaf blowers. Bazinga
now that's a flying vehicle
OMG I want!!!
ive noticed something-all hovercraft youtube videos look like 1990s VHS quality. Did it not catch on after its inception?
You could say...it never took off. *insert rimshot*
get it? because it's a ground effect vehicle?
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Now that's bad ass!!
big pimpin with this thing at the lake
it's perfect for mine fields.
This is amazing! Flying. Ground effect. Hovercraft. It's a flying oxymoron
now thats cool
Think of the fun with Sasquatch you can have with this thing!!
My dream, is to fly...
Over the rainbow so high!
Max altitude on this version is about 20 feet. You have to build up speed in ow ground effect to make a "jump". Its designed to fly in ground effect. Not enough horsepoper to fly any higher.
This thing goes EVERYWHERE
beautiful toy. but Caspian Sea Monster was before that :)
***** lol, the armed one was called Lun :) And yes, you right, it did not come in the form of the kit. Thing was a beauty though. Too bad they discontinued them.
***** a lot of things broke down when USSR went down, not all were bad....
muito bom !
now thats what i call an all-terain vehicle
Yes. the Honda VTEC engine would work on this craft. Some adjustments would have to be made to the engine mount.
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I say just: WOW!!!
Nice
song is 'brokenkites - disconnect'
the entire song is not on youtube but if you google for it you can find it.
it looks it it'd work very well in a desert too.