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Video: Human-Powered Hovercraft Crosses the Thames
2009-08-16
Posted by:3dc

#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  

#4  a small 25cc motor and peddle assist might be better
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2009-08-16 15:41  

#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  

#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  

#1  one deh max hover kittuahs I'll bet
Posted by: .5MT   2009-08-16 12:51  

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