Some lawn mower company (Sunbeam ?) over here in the former colony of America made hovercarft push mowers for a while. They worked quite well except that they could not be operated on the side of a hill, even a slight slope.; They had a tendency to drift down hill as there were no wheels to guide them. Jesse in damp Troy, TN. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilfried Vermeiren" <vermeiren.wilfried@xxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 2:28 AM Subject: [modeleng] Re: hovercraft > > Hi all, > Been a while since I last posted something uttermost useless. So here it > is. > > If I am right Alan is talking about the following museum . > http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/home_1.html > > Years ago I had the chance of visiting that place, or was it a different > location, but I had the impression it was closing up at the time. Glad to > see however that it is still going strong and manages to preserve a real > fine collection of strange transportation means. > Bring also back a memorable trip on board of one of one who made then > regular crossings of the channel. Rough weather which made up for a noisy > and bumpy ride. As explained by the stewards due to the higher waves part > of > the air cushion gets lost which made it travel somewhere lower as the top > of > the waves. The result was skimming the waves somewhere ¾ their height. > like > running into a wall each time. > Hope you enjoy your visit and if you have the chance . take a ride as > well. > Regards > Wilfried Vermeiren > http://users.skynet.be/modelbouw.wilfried > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Namens Alan Stepney > Verzonden: vrijdag 24 juli 2009 22:12 > Aan: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Onderwerp: [modeleng] hovercraft > > For anyone who is modelling hovercraft, the hovercraft museum at Lee on > Solent is open for the next four days to commemorate the 50th anniversary > of > > the first hovercraft. > > An ideal opportunity to look, take photos, etc. > > Alan > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.31/2264 - Release Date: 07/26/09 11:07:00 MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.