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Hover Scooter is only $16,995.00!

max — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:13:41 +0000

Yes, I have been very, very, guilty of making experimental hoverboards in the past but here’s one you can buy and it’s only about 17 grand, still much cheaper than a new hybrid Prius. If you got extra $17,000 cash sitting under your bed (which I bet you do if you are Asian), simply cash out for this cool Hover Scooter from Hammacher Schlemmer.

Why not? (Don’t ask me why either.)

LMAO, can you take a joke!?! Yes, you can.

This hover scooter is actually not a “full” hoverboard as it uses wheels to accelerate itself so I don’t think you can go over water. But for those of you who need to get to work in uber-geek fashion (like how I would if I had $17,000 under my bed), you NEED TO GET THIS!

Of course, for the uber-rich people but heck, I’d get 10 of these instead of getting a boring Lamborghini.

To increase acceleration, the rider leans back slightly while gripping the handlebar, and the friction drive wheel at the underside rear of the scooter makes contact with the ground, increasing speed up to a maximum of approximately 15 mph. The hovering scooter deftly glides over level, solid ground such as concrete, asphalt, or well-groomed grass, free of debris, sand, stones, and other obstacles.

Price: ONLY $16,995 on Hammacher Schlemmer BUY IT NOW!

I am telling you, if you are rich, this is affordable, here’s someone who bought one:

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Hover Scooter is only $16,995.00!

DIY – How to Hack an RC Hovercraft!

max — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:16:17 +0000

Here’s a really cool DIY on how to hack your own RC hovercraft.

It looks pretty simple enough other than the RC parts.

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“The workings of a hovercraft are fairly straightforward: one high-power motor with an airplane propeller forces air down through the hole in the center, which pushes the bottom of the hovercraft off the ground. This greatly reduces friction, allowing the hovercraft to scoot around without much trouble. It also makes it much more difficult to control, however: when the hovercraft turns, it will keep traveling in a straight line unless more thrust is applied. Since we are used to controlling cars or boats, the newtonian behavior of a hovercraft is challenging indeed. The body of the hovercraft is made out of styrofoam, cut with a saw and sanded to smooth the edges. The skirt on the bottom is made out of pieces of a plastic GAP bag, attached with Scotch tape and hot glue. The radio control unit was scavenged from an old boat I had, along with the drive motor mounted on the wooden supports, while the lifting motor was from my physics teacher. The battery is 300 mAh 6V NiMH (or NiCd, I forget), and I have a pair of them. They were about $6-$10 each (again, forgot) and about $12 for the 2 1/2 hour charger. The servomotor for steering was from an old RC car I had”

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Hovpod Hovercraft!

max — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:45:36 +0000

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Now, we haven’t covered many hovercrafts for awhile but here’s another hovercraft called Hovpod that can go on practically any surface including water, snow, sand, and more. (Update: Ooops, we did cover it before here.)

Hov Pod hovercraft are very easy and fun to drive; designed with marine safety in mind. These amphibious vehicles allow you to hover over any flat surface, including water, ice, snow, sand, mud, grass. Hov Pod hovercraft are safe, reliable, durable, & designed to make leisure hovercraft ownership easy.

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Hovpod Hovercraft!