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2009-08-16 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Video: Human-Powered Hovercraft Crosses the Thames

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Posted by 3dc 2009-08-16 01:33|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 one deh max hover kittuahs I'll bet

Posted by .5MT 2009-08-16 12:51|| 2009-08-16 12:51|| Front Page Top

#2 It could only be Britain where this triumph of engineering lunacy* would be welcome.

*fun too.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-08-16 13:41|| 2009-08-16 13:41|| Front Page Top

#3 This is indeed a leap forward, but on this video he only was blown arounda bit by wind, and landed back where he started twice.

The hovercraft DID work.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-08-16 14:05|| 2009-08-16 14:05|| Front Page Top

#4 a small 25cc motor and peddle assist might be better

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-08-16 15:41|| 2009-08-16 15:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Put a windmill on an airplane and you have a perpetual motion machine.
/dingbat thought

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-08-16 16:24|| 2009-08-16 16:24|| Front Page Top

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