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Homemade flying hovercraft - NZ reporter rides w/o seatbelt (video)

• dctoedt 17y ago
  Hat tip: James Fallows of The Atlantic - http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/03/good-news-about-flying-in-four-parts/36974/ http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/03/good-news...
• jazzyb 17y ago
  One of the commenters on the site mentions how this craft achieves flight. It's called "ground effect". See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_in_aircraft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_in_aircraft
  • jacquesm 17y ago
    I still think this is one of the best demonstrations of the ground effect ever in a vehicle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSYmSnpQ360 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSYmSnpQ360
• jonnyrotten 17y ago
  Uh, just a quick correction: the reporter is not from NZ; she's Australian.
  • flog 17y ago
    FYI: You can tell by: a) The deep voice b) She's attractive
• jrockway 17y ago
  Interesting. Is he turning by using the elevators as ailerons, or is it only turned with the rudder?