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A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle (ACV), is a vehicle or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against a surface close below it, and can in principle travel over any relatively smooth surface, such as gently sloping land, water, or marshland, while having no substantial contact with it.
History
The first recorded design for a vehicle which could be termed a Hovercraft was in 1716 by Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish designer, philosopher and theologian. His man-powered air cushion platform resembled an upside-down boat with a cockpit in the center and manually operated oar-like scoops to push air under the vehicle on each downward stroke. No vehicle was ever built, no doubt because it was realised that human effort could not have generated enough lift.
In the mid-1870s, the British engineer Sir John Isaac Thornycroft built a number of ground effect machine test models based on his idea of using air between the hull of a boat and the water to reduce drag. Although he filed a number of patents involving air-lubricated hulls in 1877, no practical applications were found. Over the years, various other people had tried various methods of using air to reduce the drag on ships.
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@LEVEL_CS Tell me they still have hovercraft and x-ray specs ads at least...
jgurley (Jason Gurley) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:42:08 -0000
@LEVEL_CS Tell me they still have hovercraft and x-ray specs ads at least...
RT @zoecello I admit some disappointment that is 2010 and yet I don't see any hovercraft.
nekogirl1 (nekogirl1) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:23:59 -0000
RT @zoecello I admit some disappointment that is 2010 and yet I don't see any hovercraft.
@peregr1n it's all white on the Wight Isle kind of thing? Bet the red jets and hovercraft are delayed/ cancelled too, due to wrong...
bilbobaggins2k (Kathrine Stokes) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:53:56 -0000
@peregr1n it's all white on the Wight Isle kind of thing? Bet the red jets and hovercraft are delayed/ cancelled too, due to wrong...
So, anyway, Noah's Ark might have been round. For that matter, it could have been made of titanium and a hovercraft. http://p-bu.mp/7vn
pbump (Philip Bump) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:23:24 -0000
So, anyway, Noah's Ark might have been round. For that matter, it could have been made of titanium and a hovercraft. http://p-bu.mp/7vn
i thought i'd wake up in 2010 and have a hovercraft. nope, still a dented honda civic.
mandydonovan (Mandy Donovan Drake) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:14:07 -0000
i thought i'd wake up in 2010 and have a hovercraft. nope, still a dented honda civic.
i dreamed that i saw the video for music again on tv. tommy was in a spacesuit riding a hovercraft and adam was a sorceror. idek
FUCKYEAHBITCH (Ronay) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:53:02 -0000
i dreamed that i saw the video for music again on tv. tommy was in a spacesuit riding a hovercraft and adam was a sorceror. idek
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Nell Fabrication - Designers, and manufacturers of 2 to 4 seater Hovercraft. Supplier of plans, kits and components.
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World Hovercraft Championship 2006 - Lac du Tolerme, France. Provides information about the race, the course, and a schedule of events. Includes a list of past champions, association links, contacts, and a guest book. [English and French]
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