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Personal Hovercraft - A Few Pointers

When choosing a craft for racing its pretty evident that going fast is the foremost requirement. This means that the vehicle needs to be as light as possible, a feature generally achieved by fabricating it from GRP (Glass Fiber) - ideal for the power to weight ratio, but maybe not very great for safety. Another fact is that racing craft are predominantly constructed for piloting on land. GRP isn't at all a good choice for recreational and commercial purposes, as the material is too readily split and is expensive to make good again. A cage enclosing the fan blades may throttle the flow of air, affecting safety in the interests of a faster vehicle. The design philosophy for our Hovercraft is just this - safety comes first and speed is second.

Self build fans may prefer to construct one themselves, but that can raise serious concerns about safe operation and also performance. It may need hundreds of hours to construct a self-build, only to realize that it doesn't do just what you designed it to do. The Hov Pod hovercraft removes the guess work out of design - why repeat the process when conceiving and building your own craft?

By far the largest category of users are people who simply want to have fun! Even when you purchase a hovercraft to have fun, it needs to ride safely above all, have a good performance and be child's play to hande. The Hov Pod isn't the right one for you want the fastest vehicle available, but if your priority is to have maximum fun in complete safety, it's just right for you. We don’t skimp when it comes to quality. Look at important features of our hovercraft such as fittings in stainless steel, which is needed to resist the corrosive effects of salt water - the best quality electrical fitments ensure trouble free use.

Its just not A Fact That All Small Hovercraft Are Much The Same.

Amazingly, there are some producers that market so-called new craft with second hand engine units. Some sell personal hovercraft that dip the bow into the water (known as plowing in) and come to a dead stop with possibly serious consequences. There are some craft aren't sufficiently bouyant enough and have difficulty keeping afloat! Some personal leisure craft won't raise up from water (better pack a couple of paddles). If your hovercraft has a skirt fabricated on en piece then repairs could be quite dear. Fiber glass hulls have a tendency to cracking and leaking, while others are tough to steer and operate safely.

The Engine.

HovPod Hovercraft can be bought with options of two or four petrol engines. We instal very proven and efficient Rotax (2 stroke engines) or Weber 120 Turbo (4 stroke engines). These engine assemblies are covered by a special cover that guards them from adverse conditions but the unit can be exposed for access very quickly.

The Hov Pod engines pass through extensive trials for many hours in harsh marine environents in tropical climates. The four stroke motor is heavier than the smaller 2 sroke, but are less noisy, and with less harmful emissions, are more economical to run, and have a greater range for each fill up.

Tell Me the Best Option – one engine or two?

Some vehicles have 2 engines, one for moving forwards, one for vertical lift. Hov Pod hovercrafts have only one engine for moving forward and also lifing vertically; the logic is that it obviously easier and much safer to instal just one set of controls, its more efficient to service one unit, also you don’t get as much noise using one. Forward movement engines are frequently mounted in front of the pilot – wow! Imagine the toxic emissions and noise surrounding everyone, and the first big wave encounter could swamp the engine, inevitably causing lift loss Forward installed lift engine vehicles are predominantly bow heavy, so raises the chance of plowing in.

We specifically created the Hov Pod without a gearbox assembly - this lets us to lace our engine units at a lower level in the hovercraft, which means a low center of gravity, which is designed to lower the chances of rolling (we’ve witnessed other craft actually turn right over while taking a simple low speed turn), and providing much greater control capability. We also position the engine at a lower level to make sure there's no disturbance in the air flow to the fan blades; smooth airflow gives better efficiency. [Naturally, we only install brand new engines, whereas some so called new personal hovercraft have been sold with used engines.

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