Homebuilt Hovercraft Plan - Build Your Own In Less than 1 Week

Most of the tools needed to build a hovercraft are pretty basic and I had most of them already. The rest I bought.

I came home with my supplies the same time as the wife was unloading groceries. She just shook her head. I ended up buying some wood, adhesive, various glues, clamps, also some foam and fiberglass.

Following the hovercraft plan was pretty straight forward and the build was going pretty smooth.

Nothing really complicated to building a hovercraft. Some wood cutting, gluing and clamping. I have a good table saw and band saw but you can use hand tools. I picked up the motor for under $20 at a garage sale! You could build one fairly cheap if you do a little scrounging.

Overall I really enjoyed the building process. I come home after work, eat dinner then it was off to the garage. My favorite part of the day.

I completed my first hovercraft in less than a week. I could have built it faster but like I said I enjoyed building it and took my time.

The first one I built I stuck to the plans I bought. I was already planning my second one. I finished it and fired it up. I was all grins taking it around the neighborhood for it's first test flight. I came back and the neighbors were all gathered around wanting to see the finished product.

One week after building my fist hovercraft I started on my second. this one I was going to modify the plans and do some custom building.

I made this one a 2 seater, much bigger engine and I did some foam and fiberglass work to build a body for it.

It drives like a little race car. I take it over land, water and snow in the winter. That's what is so great about hovercraft, you can fly it over just about anything.

If you are interested here is the best set of plans I found for building your first one. After you build one you will be hooked, they are a blast....