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Can't I just buy one?

You could, of course, buy a ready made craft rather than build one yourself!  

In the UK there are only a few hovercraft manufacturers and the craft designs they offer are all very similar in style and construction - fine if you like the style but hard luck if you don't!

Last Updated on Monday, 05 January 2009 12:34 Read more...
 

Hovercraft Trailers

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Hovercraft trailers are a bit of an art - there are some abominations out there. Some people seem to spend almost as much time getting their craft loaded and unloaded than they do hovering.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 March 2008 20:26 Read more...
 

Building a Sevtec Prospector

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The Sevtec Prospector (see http://members.aol.com/sevtec/sev/props.html) is a 4-5 seat craft similar, but larger, than the Scout and uses a 80HP Subaru engine (same as UH18). It has a higher hover height than the UH18 and is capable of traveling on much rougher water. It has twin lift fans and a 6 foot propeller and can be fitted with a windscreen and hood for use in bad weather.

Last Updated on Friday, 14 March 2008 08:20 Read more...
 

Building a Sevtec Scout

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I chose a Sevtec Scout (http://members.aol.com/sevtec/sev/SCOUT.html) mainly because no-one else in the UK had built a Sevtec craft and I was curious as to how the ugly looking skirt worked! The other reason was that I couldn't believe a working hovercraft could operate with only a 12hp engine (most "small" UK craft have 40hp+ engines fitted)!
Last Updated on Friday, 14 March 2008 08:20 Read more...
 

Building a UH18

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The first hovercraft I built was a Universal Hovercraft UH18SP (www.hovercraft.com). I was initially attracted to this craft for two reasons - it looked great and you could fit wings and fly it! I had not direct experience of hovercraft and had never ridden in one or even seen one in the flesh!

Last Updated on Friday, 14 March 2008 08:19 Read more...
 

News

Sevtec Site moves HERE!

Barry Palmer ("Mr Sevtec") retired earlier this year - the full range of Sevtec hovercraft plans are now available from Amphibious Marine. They sell kits and parts also but all parts to build a Sev (except Props) can be sourced in the UK and Europe (look at the parts supplier pages for metric equivalnets on this site).  Barry's web site is now hosted HERE on the hovercruiser site - it contains a lot of interesting historical and design information on hovercraft (and hang gliding, etc).

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