Piloting A Massive Unique Passenger Hovercraft | Rise Of The Machines

This unique passenger hovercraft offers trips to those attending a sailing regatta on the Isle of Wight, find out about how the massive machine works!
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[@unrulyphxntom4397]

5:17 scared me thought it was breaking irl

[@josephine.france5]

Same

[@WaterWorld1]

These new Hovercraft engines sound like coaches. In the good old days, the sound of the gas turbines was deafening - great for a teenage boy (me) but bad for the local residents!

[@oliverlunn8235]

I live in Portsmouth and i didn’t know till now that it is the LAST PASSENGER ONE RUNNING now I feel so privaliged and special to have been on it like 5 or 6 times and I’m under 16

[@wb5plj]

Drama and high adventure. All things are death defying. Next time John puts on his shoes will he be able to tie the laces on time!

[@qasimmir7117]

😂😂😂

[@Gargamoth]

I like how the video showed the construction and inner workings. Also the captain was a pilot, I found that interesting, but they are flying. 👍

[@paulb6716]

Never mind the dramatic music...can we hear more of the sound of the hovercraft?

[@helenashton7610]

P

[@TheUphillracer]

Don’t these TV production companies over dramatise something the pilot does every day FGS. Interesting but they make it annoying too. Give me regular KZbinrs any day both amateur and semi-professional

[@yellowellerby]

It is really load I was there

[@josephine.france5]

You don’t want to

[@CrumpledSandwich]

And less of the narrator. The ship weighs the same as 18 Eiffel towers, and could block the hovercraft. Thankfully, the hovercraft is fitted with a steering mechanism.

[@kittikoko]

Really strange seeing the crowds for Cowes week after the year we've had in 2020! Amazing video - thanks to The Traininator for the link if you're here. 😊

[@kittikoko]

Love all the unnecessary drama and ominous music. 😂

[@NoahPlaysGames-l1e]

these hovercraft sail from where i live in portsmouth uk.

[@Nmccarville]

Hi I am a huge combat Dealers Fan is their any way you could put more of them as they are freakishly hard to get a hold of in Canada thank you

[@lioncurlew]

He spotted an enormous Cruise Ship..The tension.

[@L_U-K_E]

What type of hovercraft is that?

[@L_U-K_E]

UKWMO thanks

[@foxtrot789]

Wow, who knew hovercraft travel was so intense and dramatic.

[@sebastianloecken8456]

No info on max Speed, Range, Manufacturer. Journalism to be improoved.

[@spudspam5723]

It was made by griffon hoverwork in Southampton, my dad was part of the team who built the new hovercrafts

[@ElizabethWarrenYeahYeah]

@@spudspam5723 You & your Dad should be very proud. These are magnificent machines & hopefully they will stay in service for a long time to come. Personally I'd pay a lot of money for a return ticket, just to visit Ryde as a tourist. The locals deserve to have a reduced fare, but tourists like me will pay for the pleasure at least once in their lifetime.

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

Does the hovercraft carry ALL of the island's mail, or is it split with other vessels?

[@oliverlunn8235]

It doesn’t it’s used for passengers and the isle of white is quite small. Not many people live there (except for me lol )

[@josephine.france5]

Split between other vessels.

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

oliver lunn: I know for a fact that the hovercraft transports mail. Each vessel even carries 'Royal Mail' graphics on the sides.

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

_blue_pearlie _ Thank you.

[@josephine.france5]

@@oliverlunn8235 also how do you live on the Isle of Wight if you spelt Wight as white?

[@nilosantos4862]

This vehicle have a high fuel consumption and by the way is not secure as this documentary show if the engine stop in that situation will be an terrible accident

[@pauljones8149]

Such drama I nearly came in my pants !!!

[@bobmartin7399]

"Massive machine"? The hovercraft which used to cross the channel from Ramsgate were ten times bigger.

[@Gargamoth]

This is the Same Ol $#!% since the SR-N4. Is any company building improvements? Its all old tech for commercial and military.

[@millicentsquirrelhole582]

Ground Crew Manager Lee Marples had this to say about his missus, off camera:...'Bloody 'ell, Mate, she don' need no groun' crew an' she's a well oiled machine'...

[@davidmyersretiredaerospace8038]

My cousin invented it.

[@brgsstm]

This is the world we live in now, ultra dramatisation of the mundane. Sigh 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@soundfilet]

Drama

[@chrisward7582]

Great machine, great company, great operation but what a load of tosh about the cruise ship. Embarrassing in that one regard 😂

[@andrewofford1533]

Shame it spends most of the time parked up and they have to use the olds ones, as its forever breaking down.............

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

"Forever breaking down..." Bullshit! Unserviceabilities are an occasional occurrence, like with any machine. It's mainly rough seas that stop the hovercraft. You're talking through your arse!

[@andrewofford1533]

@@heli-crewhgs5285 Well let me See, have you been let down, when trying to use them to get to your appointment at the Hospital........ There was apoint when they found the Fans had not been fitted correctly and they had to use one of the old ones. Not to mention ,the Time the Pilot passed out drunk mid travel......

[@josephine.france5]

@@heli-crewhgs5285 *claps*

[@josephine.france5]

@@andrewofford1533 that is LIFE.

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

Andrew Offord: You claimed that the hovercraft was '...forever breaking down.' Now that you've been challenged, you use isolated, rare and sensational events, by way of proof, to bolster your exaggerations. Whilst I am sympathetic to the personal inconveniences that you may have experienced, you are wrong to use broad brush statements, in order to smear a company, and its dedicated staff, who are making a damn good effort to provide a vital service, that most people seem to appreciate.

[@paulcooper8818]

Drama much?

[@timbrookes3699]

Where did they get the strange narrator from. Does anyone really speak like that. He is trying to instil drama where there is non. Very strange!!

[@boroladcraig85]

Tony Hirst is quite a big narrator when it comes to documentaries. He’s also the voice of how it’s made in the U.K.

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

Craig Cullinan: Yes, he's equally annoying in that too!

[@MrPants1970]

What a completely over dramatised documentary, ridiculous.... lol 😂

[@Joachim2012]

I have to agree. I ever thought, that (and "football pitches" as a measuring unit) would be a typical problem with German documentaries. But now I see, it's an international phenomenon... :(

[@bradd9401]

That cruise ship is not 3 footballs pitches in length either 😂

[@2373stevieb]

A Premiership football pitch is 105m in length. The Britannia is 330m in length, making her well over three football pitches in length. I live on the Isle of Wight and see these cruise ships come and go regularly. Let me tell you this. The USS George Bush, a Yankee flat top, was moored in Stokes bay off of Gosport. When the QM2 came passed she dwarfed the bloody aircraft carrier.

[@Yaxrob]

😭🤣🤣

[@itzz_mitch7191]

Who here lives on the isle of Wight as I do

[@UKWMO]

itzz_mitch !!: I know a man who does!

[@paulb6716]

Born in Shanklin but my Dad moved us away years ago....still make a beeline to Ryde whenever I visit to watch the Hovercraft!

[@Vegas-ej2xf]

Meeeee

[@joshsheekey5512]

It really is the best place to wok been there since 2017 started as an apprentice and love it

[@richiow68]

Yep Sandown

[@ozziepilot2899]

The script is clearly designed to entertain young kids at school.

[@josephine.france5]

UGH cowes week it really disrupts the hover (I would know)

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

_blue_pearlie _ You should know how to write. Your comment is illiterate drivel.

[@josephine.france5]

@@heli-crewhgs5285 uhhh rude and where do you think I get my evidence from?

[@TraceUK]

@@josephine.france5 Nobody knows what on earth you’re talking about.... Your original comment is not readable

[@josephine.france5]

@@TraceUK I’m going to assume you travel on the hovercraft every day? Correct me if I’m wrong...

[@melvyncox3361]

Rush,rush,rush.Typical UK......

[@melvyncox3361]

I have as it happens.This exact route many years ago.The hovercraft was the SRN6 l believe,and it was truly exhilarating,as you mention.l could have gone and looked in the cockpit,but being a shy young boy l didn't go.Regrets!

[@tsport100]

Mock drama in documentaries is beyond annoying...

[@mauersegler79]

why all the unnecessary drama...cant we just have a quiet documentary without music about a normal crossing? people who want action don´t watch documentaries anyway so you got your target audience mixed up...

[@neilfurby555]

The breathless excited commentary is just daft, ruins the video. Interesting visual tricks though, and some good camerawork.