I made a battery powered electric hovercraft I can ride

Making a ridable hovercraft with a leaf blower

[@3dconceptsofutah757]

Hahaha! This thing rocks. Way funny watching you float it down the street! Now for a giant fan to drive it forward ;-D

[@Zapxam]

Next Mark Rober btw he’s a good engineer

[@HEMIdouglas]

Good ,simple design has a single skirt. For fun you can change direction by leaning. It might be small enough to use for a short time on water. Balance would be critical if air pressure is high. With lower air pressure, the skirt keeps it level. Making the skirt of durable material will help it last longer.

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

For the next version I'm looking at a heavy-duty PVC liner that is used under shower tile, it flexible and near indestructible too. It's pretty heavy though so I'm not dead-set on it, if I can find something lighter that is just as durable I'll use that.

[@jeroen368]

You are the real Aladdin 2.0 ! Very cool to see you working with so much passion on your hovercraft !

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

Thank you! next one will be better. Hoping to get started on it sooner rather than later

[@perrygimlet2403]

keep working on it You have a good thing going , good experimenting , looks like FUN.

[@RosssRoyce]

Real good! You can put veeery slightly higher than the asphalt skateboard wheels touching the ground when tilting and powering off so that the skirt wouldn’t wear off from rubbing the pavement!

[@danburch9989]

10:53 Hovercraft has a fart problem. That is really cool! Could possibly use it to move heavy objects that can't be placed on a hand truck or too large for a platform dolly. All you need is another blower on the back for directional control.

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

soon

[@Dmcriner]

On a future design review, improvements could be to move the air holes more towards the inside of the skirt and rivet/attach metal studs to the skirt to ground contact points. I have noticed this arrangement on some of the larger car carrying hovercraft that were based where I used to work at Lee On Solent, England.

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

Yes! I am slowly designing version 2 and hope to be uploading videos again soon. The skirt design will be much more efficient and a better more durable material as well.

[@kellybennett9221]

Awesome watching you 😊

[@fladoodel]

Nice bro. Good concept. Let's see you step it up with some heavier duty materials and a gas blower

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

soon!

[@christianoldiesmusic2280]

It's good attempt,I'm just thinking about this crazy idea of filling the balloon with helium gas first

[@thestylesworld]

Thanks for the tutorial. I think it needs more than one leaf blowers or gas powered leaf blowers

[@data9309]

Changing the Tee to a True Wye will increase the lift. (Small change - big benefit) Increasing the base size will increase the capacity. Adding a handheld blower will give directional control for level surfaces. Hearing protection should always be used with leaf blowers. Once damaged, hearing never completely recovers.

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

Good call, I think that T really messed with the airflow, having that much air have to stop and make abrupt 90 degree turns really made the blower work harder then it should and likely limited the pressure it could deliver as well.

[@cs-xy5fr]

That looks fun!

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

It was a blast. I'm going to build another or revamp this one sometime. Give it some propulsion and some real power and durability. It was too much fun not to want to take it further.

[@leohorishny9561]

I wonder if a tall, light simple sail rig on a windy day, would overcome the drag of a flat surface?

[@gammon1183]

Great effort , man after my own heart. Subscribed 😎

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

Thank you, I started making videos then unfortunately had to take an extended hiatus. More videos and fun projects coming soon though.

[@turddisturb]

I enjoyed so much this video and made me smile when you got impressed that it worked. Love to see people with passion! The editing got better. Not the beast but way better, keep improving.

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you, I know i'll keep getting better. Thank you for watching!

[@langgreen9448]

Another awesome vid! Getting it going on the water was impressive! Look forward to seeing a propulsion system on this!! Also, really looking forward to all of your other future ideas!!! Fantastic!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@mrm6829]

Nice, love the breaking technique. Check out a jupe skirt hovercraft..

[@michaelreed9805]

Lol, outstanding!!! Maybe a smaller platform or rounded like you mentioned will give you that little extra lift you need? truck or car inner tubes for the skirt may hold air and make it easier to control leaks? lol...good job man! chuckled through the entire video

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

Yeah those ideas are great, I'm definitely going to revisit this and make a better more controllable one.

[@michaelreed9805]

@@clousetechworkshop7597 lol, toss around the idea of making a drone (bathtub style) that's capable of lifting/balancing the weight of a human....on a tether of course. looking forward to your next project. Thanks

[@stealth7479]

Absolutely perfect video

[@01spikyspider007]

nice job there

[@poco1990]

Gonna love kids with no fear!😊

[@sarahividalesfelix2858]

Could you be kind to share with me the materials that you used?

[@messaoudimohamed2365]

A good beginning .continue!

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

After a rough year that made me have to stop, I will be coming back soon

[@antonnicolaeharlow5296]

Awesome video man!

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

Glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully I'll have more to deliver soon!

[@prototype9000]

Could use some high density foam its a little thicker but just as strong and allot lighter

[@melmayhem6001]

That is SO FUN!!!!!!😆❤❤

[@ianbell5611]

Looks like good fun. Maybe bigger fan and bigger craft, thinking PSI the bigger craft tge bigger the surface area meaning higher load carryibg capacity👍

[@franciscovaldivia3088]

Pura creatividad para mecanca popular entretenido

[@oo2454]

I wonder if some tiny little wheels would help prevent wear and tear from dragging if the skirt deflates

[@Tutterzoid]

Awesomeness :)

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

Thank you, I've been designing version 2.0, going to be awhile before I can build it though, it's going to be a bit more controlable

[@MrHamncheez]

So THAT'S why you needed to borrow my drywall level and belt sander!

[@coffeeshangarworkshop8051]

Incredibly late comment I know. Adding three or four Caster wheels around the center area as a form of .. landing gear .. would have helped with the dismounting and mitigated ripping your skirt every time you tried to get off the thing. Weight would settle on to the Caster wheels instead of shredding your skirt.

[@jlucasound]

Awesome!! 🙂

[@claytonkirby878]

Looks fun

[@dylansmith4632]

I just wanna say that’s amazing and it’s something I love to see so I’m gonna stick with this channel good job and thank you for the amazing content

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

Wow thank you! I have more videos in the pipeline. Thank you for sticking around!

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

Hopefully finally making more soon, been hard to get back on top of life and find the time

[@Jonathan-1865]

Try it on the soft snow ❄️!

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

Soon, I'm working on more content now. I will be redoing the hover craft, it will still be electric but maybe not use a leaf-blower. I will definitely be trying it on snow although I have high doubts it will work, I think it will just make a hole for itself and get stuck.

[@3vgezer]

I think you may use Industrial Fan for extra air pressure

[@teddy4you952]

Thanks I ll try

[@jacobsawdey7909]

Rad dude

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

Thanks!

[@ashleighhosking5909]

good job bro

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

Thanks! I'm slowly coming out of hibernation and will be uploading more soon. I will be revisiting the hovercraft project at sometime too with a completely new build.

[@reychavez8003]

much better you try that in a bermuda grass...

[@kellybennett9221]

You need some stilts on that thing

[@acerjuglans383]

More mad scientist videos please!

[@clousetechworkshop7597]

I hope soon, I am working on making a schedule that makes it more realistic.

[@thedroningdude589]

Probably not a good idea to try it on the table😂

[@fredschmitt456]

...and he did it all with the cheapest of tools from home depot

[@lucdigennaro]

Just smile

[@guachingman]

a like for trying and for endangering your life and your famalam for us

[@frankfranko9023]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rogerc7960]

Wrong design