Hovercraft racing on the beach

Model: (Click to see more) 99990: Event/Action Photos
Status: Other
Date: 10-Nov-2004
Comments: 5
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Apologies for another non Tamiya post, but I had to put these pics on. I asked my Dad to run my Graupner hovercraft while I ran my Nitro one, we didn't collide once!! Excellent fun!! I would recommend a proper RC hovercraft (not one of the toy ones) to anyone. By the way, the nitro one is approx 3 feet long which makes it quite a sight to see. I've since finished painting it and can sometimes be found scaring people on Weston Super Mare Beach!!



If you liked those pictures, you should see these...
Simprop Nitro Hovercraft (now sold)

Comments

SJoerD

10-Nov-2004

Very cool, reminds me of a beach run with a Hovercraft I had with someone who home-built on with a brushless system. With 16 cells hooked up it realyl started to get insane! What brand is the Nitro one actually?

richytanimal

10-Nov-2004

The Nitro one is a Simprop Hoverstar, I think they were made in Germany, they stopped making them a while ago, this one was in bad shape when I got it off ebay, rebuilt it, popped in a new engine and now she's running and painted. Could do with a new skirt though (if anyone's got one please let me know!) check her out in my showroom under misc runner.

ChrisB

15-Nov-2004

Very nice RC hovercraft you have there - I'm a bit of a fan of these myself. I have a kit based on the military SK-5 that is electric. Just in the process of switching over to LiPo batteries (MUCH lighter) and have upgraded race motors in mine. A great website for all things RC hovercraft related is: [Click here] The site has everything you need to know and some very experinced builders on there. You will probably find someone on there that has made a replacement skirt for the Hoverstar. Personally I would take the old one off and use it as a template and make a replacement one from ripstop nylon (available from most kite stores). My next hovercraft project is going to be a scratch build SK-5 from some plans from Model Boats magazine back in the 80's. They are great fun, and the beach is the best place to use them .

technical.burP

18-Nov-2004

Great that you took them to the beach, where they belong to. It looks very realistic.

Clod Crawler

20-Nov-2004

very cool . i bet its hard to drive



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