DIY Homebuilt Hovercraft 

Now you've made Slashdot, the views will go stratospheric. This project will be the seed of enthusiasm for many to show you can do it, if there's a will their is a way.

Im surprised this video doesnt have more views. The polish on this project is insane. props mate

It is people like this that make a country great, not armies and governments.

my favorite part: " my wife is awesome. she sewed all these parts." it made it seem like your wife is awesome independently of sewing the parts, which i admire. shes awesome, oh by the way she sewed stuff too :)

this is what youtube is all about. Taking your time to build something cool as hell and just explaining what you did so other people can get inspired and get building too. great work.

Fantastic! Nothing compares to the feeling of completing a project that takes a couple thousand hours to finish. Making ideas a reality is what life as a man is all about.

Fantastic project all around but wow the fit and finish of everything is superb

Built a UH13T in AK. Used a 12hp Briggs as a lift motor, and a 3k mi. engine from a wrecked Suzuki Sprint. I had a similar scenario with a EFI and computer control, but the old guys talked me out of using it. They, and now I refused to allow EFI/Electronics for "Bush" craft. It had to be KISS repair capable in the remote. We liberated a carb, from one side of a duel carbed Corvair Van (140ci) which matched the 61ci requirements and flow volume of the more modern 1000cc Suziki fairly well. When I rebuilt the carb, the directions that came with the kit even had a float setting for marine applications. We made our own intake and carb adapter plate from tube and plate Al. The ignition worked out sweetly as they still had distributors with mechanical vacuume advance. Cool cap. The 2:1 reduction was multi V-Belt sheave drive. Ran her on the South Fork of the Koyukuk 40mi south of Coldfoot Alaska, above the Artic Circle.

Wow! Amazing build! Looks really well done. :D

wow. this is awesome why has it only 95 likes? this should have way mooore views and likes. Respect, very nice build. It looks awesome too. Stay healthy guys nd girls

Sir. You are what every person dreams to be or should be. Motivated, commited, thankful, thinking, learning, and creating.

Amazing work! Thanks for sharing this. Very inspiring.

Incredible build. Nice work!

woah this is amazing hope it gets more recognition..

My doppleganger! I still have my Popular Mechanics copy of how to build hovercraft from the '70s. I soooo wanted to build one. This probably drove me to learn auto, electrical and shop skills. I now redesign newspaper processing equipment instead...but retirement is 5 yrs away.

I am so proud of you Robert. It's me, Bill Wellington Jr. Smith the 13th. We grew up together and I remember you as a child saying "I want to build a hovercraft one day." Well, you sure did. We could not be more proud here in Canada. I love and miss you.

Finally I have a chance to see your project. For years I knew it that you made it but never chance to see it. Great finishing work. Proud of you. Fr. Slavko

Amazing build in just 12 months, well done.

Looking forward to that mobile QSO! 73 de KC2KLC

Amazing work dude! so well done that I didn't feel compelled to skip through anything. Great video! I hope it skyrockets in views.

Absolutely amazing! Well done!

Awesome!

Wow, Great project. I remember everyone in the neighborhood tried to build these things back in the 1960's when pictures came out in Popular Mechanics magazine. Kudos on a job well done.

I would dream my school days away looking thru the Universal Hovercraft catalog. It was one of the few times I would go to the post office with money order in hand and order plans thru the mail and then study them. My goals for flight overtook my hovercrafting diversion but one day I may go back and revisit them. Popular mechanics also had a really neat single lawnmower engine hovercraft build that looked like a neat way to get into the sport. Circa 1985 if memory serves.

This is what I call passion and commitment !! Enjoyed the video.

What an amazing accomplishment, fantastic and such a beautiful finish. Well done. Thanks from Rome✌️🇬🇧

shit underrated video

Just seen your build video.... GOOD JOB. 🎉

Hovercrafts are v cool My first job 40 yrs ago was on the maintenance on the big craft in Dover and Ramsgate UK Flat calm days are cool but sometimes we would be working in France We would have to bring the craft to Dover for the morning train from London The flight crew would push it some days No passengers onboard Force 9 one day Sat up top HEAVY and remember it to this day Keep it up, mate

That's a thing of beauty. It looks like a commercial hovercraft rather than something made in a garage from old car bits and fibreglass.

Wow. Great job! Thanks for sharing. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💯💪🏽🙏🏽

that's one way to clean your shop floor

hovercraft are awesome.. building one yourself that looks and performs like this.. wow, just wow ! 😍

amazing really interesting for me

Now I really want to build a hovercraft.

I know this hovercraft. I was involved in testing it. It was originally a finger skirt but the performance was mediocre. The 2 owners then tried a bag type and it was not much better. I wanted to purchase the unit for a tour in Edmonton but unfortunately the 2 guys that designed and built it had a falling out. One kept the hull and the other kept the motor and drive. I have a few videos of it being tested at CFB Edmonton and Lake la Biche. Wonderful job of restoring this unit.

Fantastic project! but what's next? I've made a variety of different projects from land yacht, rowboat canoes ,kayaks and kayak trimaran sailing rig. I have found that over the years the development and building is so much more fun than using the projects. I think the next project is what keeps me going😀

having an aspiring dream as a kid is something I'd say the start of something great like wanting to make a spaceship even making a robot

Wow! Incredible project

Fantastic work! It looks better than many commercial hovercrafts. I too have dreamed about building a hovercraft but now I've got a big regular boat so I don't have the time or space for another toy.

Super awesome build!!! 👌

Amazing

This is amazing

Cool :)

kewel. well played fixing it all up and all. stroke of luck finding the original moulding - that's not the sort of break you get every day.........

is the wooden pulley holding up? or did u switch it for an aluminium one?

I'm not lying this video was so happy and emotional I almost cried

I blocked 5 RU-vid political propaganda advertisement videos to watch this video. RU-vid ❤’s comments are I enjoy your videos 👍 as 😂

So cool good job

Thank you so much for showing this. Very inspirational and so much fun! Good luck with your next project, too. (people like you never sit still😊)

I'm surprised also this video doesn't have more views also!!!!!!!!!

the only time I was in the hellscape of Alberta I met someone with grand ideas of a redesign of the basic bicycle. as bad as Alberta is, it seems to have at least SOME kind people, and some crafty Do it Yourself types. thanks for sharing your wonderful work with this summary.

Man this deserves a million views , subbed from pei Canada 👍🏻🍻🇨🇦

Hey, really nice video and awesome hovercraft! I was only wondering.. how are you getting the air from the propeller unter the craft? I rewatched the video but couldnt make out any airducts or similar. Hope someone can explain :) Thx & hope yall have a great day

Great 👍 👏👏

That turned out beautiful!

hands down one of the most amazing projects I've seen. coop a canuck in a garage 4 or 5 months of the year and anything is possible...

If it is not patronising, you have done a great job; the hovercraft is brilliant. Sadly, I do not have the glassing skills that you have. Your craft would be too small for my needs as I not only need to circumvent the isle of wight but travel from the island to the mainland for socialising; she will need to be at least 6m and have a lift engine too. It is very choppy. Thankfully, as Blighty is where hovercraft were born, there are companies that make smallish and very big hovercraft. We also have the world's only daily hovercraft service (to and from the Isle of Wight) but I am yet to go on Hovertravel's new big Griffons. Best wishes David

Well done, that was a lot of work and must be satisfying to see it all work out.

I think this video would have a lot more views if you were to show how the skirt is attached and the theory on how this craft works. Really awesome machine. Thank you.

Well done! Amazing I have always been fascinated with hovercrafts. That was allot of work before the first test. Glad it works so well.

NICE !!! What are the dimensions and weight?

Wow. Very impressive

I'd have thought you'd have used a motorbike engine to save weight, but great build it looks amazing

Wow. Who knew Jordan Peterson was into hovercrafts????

At school when i was 12 i built a remote controlled hovercraft out of balsa wood, i sewed the the skirt together on my mums singer sewing machine, it worked brilliant, i got an A1 at school for ingenuity ! later in life i asked my mum if my craft was still in the attic, she told me that my dad had a clear out and burned it in the the back garden! i was gutted ! i also built a coffee table and got the same merits at school, latter i went to visit and they had a different table i aske what had happened to the one i built and was told that my dad had smashed it up and took it to the incinerator ! my dad has never took any interest in anything i have put myself into ! i have no interest in his ill heath ! Bye bye ................!

No wake! Haha surprised but it makes sense. Great work!

WOW engine sound like a monster ! Where it come from car, boat ? this project is great !! congratulation !

This is amazing. I have a question i hope someone can answer. Firstly Im in the uk, as our cars have to pass an MOT test to drive on the roads. Are there similar tests needed to pass a hovercraft to go on the sea?

I have been obsessed with hovercrafts since i was a kid too.and this iss the coolesst thing i have ever seen. great job

That is so cool!! Greetings from Austria ( Australia)

Why did you choose the right side for the driver? I thought you could have saved even more weight by not using the standard car windshield, which is heavy. If I build one, I would have picked the Universal make, the one that can fly to 5 ft. I have a 1.5 car garage and is tight for a work shop, I am trying to build an airplane in it, Yours is bigger and better, but mine are well lit and insulated except I cannot use the expensive electric heaters like those people in Quebec or Manitoba with cheap hydro power. 1/4 of what it cost in Ontario.

I am very impressed ,you did a great job ,I am envious

Epic! nice work! looks fun on the water

Amazing. Thank you for sharing.

Fantastic Job! Get ready for rescue call outs!

WoW, this is some serious boating engineering skills and huge milestone for anyone who started from scratch. 👍

I spent my youth salivating over the universal hovercraft catalogue. Never had the money to build one. This one is actually usable. Looks stable. You could use it for search and rescue it appears. Way cool job.

Impressive ! Congratulations !

Should not have sprayed it red. You will be on every cops radar

so somooth.. All the of this in my dreaam... Waht engine to use?

Great Self Accomplishment

Just amazing! It's still working? What happened if the motor stops other water?

More please!! First class project .

Well done man

Ok, that is freaking amazing. Quick question though, I'm really curious if the craft is water tight, as in if he stopped the motor to do some fishing or what not, would it float? That thing is cool AF.

You are a master innovator! I am impressed

Noise level hinders outdoor enjoyment.

"It might explode into thousands of fibreglass shards, but I'm not putting on eye protection."

What A Beautiful Build ,Great Job, When there is love in your heart For something You want it always come though. What was your Top speed on water,

Awesome work! I hope you do some more projects like these!

This guys living lagend

Looks great, but it is WAY to overweight! It's going to be a "Lead Sled". It's going to take forever to get "over the hump" or to change direction.

what kind of fuel consumption does it get? how much weight will it carry? what would you change? my sone just rolled my ford hybrid which I was thinking of using as a doner car and using electric motors for thrust and lift, I would like to ask your advice on the project.

Fantastic build. You should be very proud of this. What lake is this? I see your from Alberta and it looks like Gull Lake.

That’s insanely cool

This is soooo awesome, seriously!

I thought it looked too heavy to work, but it seems not. How have you arranged the ducting to the shirk and what powers this system? Nevermind, I read the comments about the lower duct feeding the skirt. I wondered what that duct was in the early part of the video.

Must be nice to have a wife! 😆❤🥰

Great project and very well done. One question. How well does it float without engine power? With all the foam and lightweight construction, I doubt it could sink but is the waterline acceptable? Again, fantastic job.