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madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:58 pm

damn, i want a hoverboard.

at my school, engineering build a hovercraft, but it was tethered by a cord and could move. engineering class is a joke at our school

xxxeagle · Post by **xxxeagle** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:58 pm

I knew it I new they didn't exist but it would be so cool if they did I would ride them everywhere and go down stairs and.......................

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:24 pm

I've got a old lawnmower in the bacement... I'm starting to get some very freakin cool ideas floating around im my head! This is definatly my next project lol.

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:26 pm

a leafblower would work better. i might do this with one i have in my basement.

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:29 pm

Ill get a leafblower for the upward force... The lawnmower would be for prepultion hehehe

Oh this is gonna be fun

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:08 pm

madc0w wrote:back to the future II has actually been right before, with the whole world series thingy with the marlins and indians

That was Maimi Gators and Chicago Cubs, which hasn't happened and will be impossible because they are both in the National League.

(Even if it was Marlins and Indians, that has not happened either).

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:45 pm

Motoman wrote:
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

*LINK REMOVED DUE TO LENGTH*

Hey gannon, that's the reason why we need forced word wrap(look at the first page).

superdeformed · Post by **superdeformed** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:33 am

Undisclosed wrote: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

Look for 1/8" exterior grade plywood. It's really light and flexible, and it would be much better than just straight foam. If everything works out on it, I'd still suggest fiberglassing as it will make it last a lot longer. The only downside of fiberglassing is that you will have to use epoxy resin (look for it at a marine store), as polyester resin (the bondo fiberglass resin at homedepot, lowes, etc) will eat clean through foam.

(And hah! I beat all of you to it

. Still need to build a trailer though.... http://www.geocities.com/randomblahg/hover/hover.html )

Undisclosed · Post by **Undisclosed** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:08 am

http://www.futurehorizons.net/hoverboard.htm
Thats what im makin, like the red one. i just dont wanna use wood. im thinkin about using styrofoam and covering it with two ironing boards.

Post by **bicostp** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:36 am

nos_slived wrote:
Motoman wrote:
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

*LINK REMOVED DUE TO LENGTH*
Hey gannon, that's the reason why we need forced word wrap(look at the first page).

There is the free url redirection service www.tinyurl.com ...

Yeah I have seen hoverboards mnade out of a circle of plywood, sheet plastic, a coffee can lid, and a leaf blower. It's jurt a cushion of air trapped underneath the plastic.

Post by **Triton** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:21 pm

i have designed how i would build a hovercraft if i were to build one (man i wish people would give me money so i can build all of these awesome things i make up in my head damnit!)

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:06 pm

I just found out my dad tossed my old Lawnmower...

oh well ill go find another one someone dosn't want anymore.

I drew up my plans, they are similar in prepultion to superdeformed's craft but it will be smaller and you will be able to stand on it, prolly around 15-20" wide and 4' long but I havn't decided anything as of yet.

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:49 pm

bicostp wrote:
nos_slived wrote:
Motoman wrote:
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

*LINK REMOVED DUE TO LENGTH*
Hey gannon, that's the reason why we need forced word wrap(look at the first page).
There is the free url redirection service www.tinyurl.com ...

Yeah I have seen hoverboards mnade out of a circle of plywood, sheet plastic, a coffee can lid, and a leaf blower. It's jurt a cushion of air trapped underneath the plastic.

Yea, people can also just use the URL tags properly, in the format "description of URL".

Besides, gannon is talking to Ben about installing EasyMOD so gannon can install some mods on here easily(one of which is the wordwrap mod).

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:17 pm

what the hell is word wrap? im so confused, i feel like cennar!

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:44 pm

If Im understanding, it breaks a length of symbols (URL) into several lines, rather than expanding the width of the page.

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