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I'm makin a hoverboard i guess you could call it. and ive seen a ton of sites. a friend of mine is making a hovercraft and its made of styrofoam paneled with wood. i wanna make mine outa styrofoam too (not crappy kind), but i dont wanna use wood. i want to make it hard, but fiberglass is expensive. any ideas
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how the hell do you make a hoverboard!?! ME WANT TO MAKE!!!. Directions anyplace? To have one done would be so dam cool.
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lots of spray paint :)
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You doing the plastic bags and leaf blowers method like on Myth Busters?
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i googled hoverboard and found this dudes website.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... D%26sa%3DG

He's even got videos!
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If you dont want to use wood try looking at hardboard. As for a hoverboard I'd prefur to make a hovercraft instead, that way my foot wont get wet if I go out on a lake or a water fountain (Back to the Future II).
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Give me instructions i make go zoom :lol:
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Post by Turbo Tax 1.0 »

man i cant watch the videos cause i dont have quicktime :(

EDIT nm i got it
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Post by xxxeagle »

I dont think that that is real but if it is I would like to build one did you notice that in the video they never showe the full body of a person.
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xxxeagle wrote:I dont think that that is real but if it is I would like to build one did you notice that in the video they never showe the full body of a person.
They show the full body. In the last video in indoor hovering#1

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... D%26sa%3DG
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thats bull crap, theres not enough of a concentrated magnetic feild to work
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no they dont they never show it from head to toe not one time if you can see it in there then take a screen shot and post it.
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this is impossible...according to back to the future II, they shouldn't exsist until 2015 :?
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Post by madc0w »

back to the future II has actually been right before, with the whole world series thingy with the marlins and indians
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