Hello Jag,

still another picture of my aero racer. Speed measurements I have done by GPS Garmin Gecko 201. The driver figure is from Graupner 1:5 motocycle.

regards,

Tom

Hello Jag,

now my aero racer is complete and works, I am very content.

First run was like I bought it from you: Twister .25 and 8xGp3300, total weight 2,1 kg. On rough water I reached 34 km/h, on tamarc 52 km/h ( this is still not top speed ), running time up to 8 minutes, most time full load. With this etup the aero racer is easy to control.

Meanwhile my aero differs a little from your origin:
Twister.40 with Lipo5s and Kontronik Jazz 80A, prop 9x7,5 APC-E at about 12.500 rpm by 30A current. Speed is now 38 km/h on rough water measured by GPS. First test run on tamarc 62 km/h without really reaching top speed. Total weight is 2,0 kg. Power enough for a hovercraft, but everything could be still improved... most time I drive brushless powered model offshore catamarans up to 1,5 m length and 72 NC-cells.

In my opinion, the best setup should be the Twister.25, Lipo 3s and the APC-E 9x7,5 without additional load for the aero ( like my driver figure ).

Thank you very much for everything!

Tom

A slightly different application for a hovercraft

Myself and 5 other students at Loughborough University are currently undertaking our 3rd year Systems engineering project witch is to build an autonomous hovercraft.

We have recently purchased an aero kit which we intend to use as a starting platform for adapting and loading with sensors in the attempt to create an unmanned vehicle.

As you can imagine there is a fare bit of work involved in doing this. Not just the hardware but the programming (predominately LabVIEW).

I?m sure this wont be the last post I put on here. But if anyone has or has heard of anyone who has done this before and can offer any information that would be great.

I would just like to thank Jag as he has been very helpful so far.

Thanks

Tim

Loughborough University | Systems Engineering | DESystems

Picture of I.C. hovercraft Base showing close up of rear corner Segment/Bag skirt assembly

Picture of I.C. hovercraft base, showing fixing of Segment/Bag skirt assembly

my first hover then it crashed.and now i will fit the rollcage and repair the rudders and duct..i use thundertiger 42.9X6 three blade prop.

Hovercraft museum meeting

Brough AERO OOO6 from a club member and friend finished it off and it flu first go nice kitt nice that it flu first go
Thanks for your comments - Jag

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my second ic gem