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How I Built the Flying Cart (1960) [pdf]

39 points by spking 8y ago

amayne 8y ago
When I was a kid my buddy and I built so ething like this with plywood, a dozen garbage bags, about a mile of duct tape and three vacuum cleaners. Mom was not amused when she saw how I I’d cut up her vacuum cleaner hose.
- HenryBemis 8y ago
  Please tell us that now you work for NASA/JPL or something related to engineering :) That would make the sacrifice of that hoover totally forgivable!!
  - amayne 8y ago
    I write novels, had a magic prank show on A&E and I just starred in a special for Discovery Channel involving great whites sharks. So it kind of worked out.
- jacquesm 8y ago
  Did it work?
  - amayne 8y ago
    Yes...until we reached the end of the driveway and the electrical cords unplugged.
    - jacquesm 8y ago
      Hah! That's super cool. I'd love to see a picture if one was ever made, that's got to be one of the neatest projects I've ever heard of. When I was 6 or so we built a wooden airplane in an attic in the South of Amsterdam somewhere, it would have flown like a lead balloon but that didn't stop it from being the source of many adventures. But at least you got to the end of the driveway :)
madengr 8y ago
Reminds me of Lindsay Technical books. Used to love reading those things when I was a kid. https://www.youroldtimebookstore.com https://www.youroldtimebookstore.com
- cydanil 8y ago
  Wow! I learnt that FAA at some point stood for Federal Alcohol Administration: https://www.youroldtimebookstore.com/v/vspfiles/photos/YOTB20935-8.jpg https://www.youroldtimebookstore.com/v/vspfiles/photos/YOTB2...
z2 8y ago
Reminds me of a real version of what this ad in every Boy's Life magazine promised for at least 30 years. I always wondered if the mail-order hovercraft plans encouraged or dashed the dreams of kids across the US for over 2 generations... https://books.google.com/books?id=WRJwbbbmYCUC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=WRJwbbbmYCUC&pg=PA68&lpg=P...
sessy 8y ago
What i like is how simple and easy it is to read the documentation :)
aaron695 8y ago
Junkyard wars built a Hovercraft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63a8JejgnqM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63a8JejgnqM

39 points by spking 8y ago

When I was a kid my buddy and I built so ething like this with plywood, a dozen garbage bags, about a mile of duct tape and three vacuum cleaners. Mom was not amused when she saw how I I’d cut up her vacuum cleaner hose.

HenryBemis 8y ago
Please tell us that now you work for NASA/JPL or something related to engineering :) That would make the sacrifice of that hoover totally forgivable!!
- amayne 8y ago
  I write novels, had a magic prank show on A&E and I just starred in a special for Discovery Channel involving great whites sharks. So it kind of worked out.
jacquesm 8y ago
Did it work?
- amayne 8y ago
  Yes...until we reached the end of the driveway and the electrical cords unplugged.
  - jacquesm 8y ago
    Hah! That's super cool. I'd love to see a picture if one was ever made, that's got to be one of the neatest projects I've ever heard of. When I was 6 or so we built a wooden airplane in an attic in the South of Amsterdam somewhere, it would have flown like a lead balloon but that didn't stop it from being the source of many adventures. But at least you got to the end of the driveway :)

madengr 8y ago

Reminds me of Lindsay Technical books. Used to love reading those things when I was a kid. https://www.youroldtimebookstore.com https://www.youroldtimebookstore.com

cydanil 8y ago
Wow! I learnt that FAA at some point stood for Federal Alcohol Administration: https://www.youroldtimebookstore.com/v/vspfiles/photos/YOTB20935-8.jpg https://www.youroldtimebookstore.com/v/vspfiles/photos/YOTB2...

z2 8y ago

Reminds me of a real version of what this ad in every Boy's Life magazine promised for at least 30 years. I always wondered if the mail-order hovercraft plans encouraged or dashed the dreams of kids across the US for over 2 generations... https://books.google.com/books?id=WRJwbbbmYCUC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=WRJwbbbmYCUC&pg=PA68&lpg=P...

sessy 8y ago

What i like is how simple and easy it is to read the documentation :)

aaron695 8y ago

Junkyard wars built a Hovercraft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63a8JejgnqM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63a8JejgnqM