Rudy Heeman, talented mechanic from New Zealand, has built and designed a flying hovercraft that becomes airborne once it reaches 70km an hour.
The hovercraft can reach top speeds of over 100km/hr, has a range of over 225km and cruises at 90km/hr when flying.
Also check out: Flying Car with Retractable Wings
Mr. Great
WOW!!! i bet every body is going to have these in the year 2000.
-Mr.Great
Mar 6th, 2010
Niyari
… apparently greatness dulls sense of time
Mar 6th, 2010
Mike G.
Whats awesome, is you can certainly add wheels to that as well to really make it functional on all hard surfaces at high speeds. the engine would have to be rather light in weight. I see MUCH potential after more itterations in 5 years or so…. GREAT JOB!
Mar 6th, 2010
tin
I want one now! So cool!
Mar 7th, 2010
bobby
AWESOME…. Want one …..Heeman U ROCK.
Mar 7th, 2010
Cherries
How can something be so modern yet HOMEMADE? this is amazing…… I want to make something like that one day…. maybe….
cherries~
Mar 7th, 2010
Mask
WANT.
so is this just a normal hovercraft with aerofoil wings? if thats the case, i am making myself one.
Mar 7th, 2010
suppressio
The most dangerous thing in the world! asd
Mar 7th, 2010
unDave™
It’s fairly unfair how only ppl with spare money and spare time can achieve greatness like this, however, you still need the knowledge.
It is great, i wonder if it needs some special track to land, i mean, not all his friends have a big yard to arrive and take off lol.
-by unDave™
Mar 7th, 2010
JK III
Cool! I wonder why aren’t streets (or lakes) already filled with ’em.
The website linked gives the date “year 2003”. Does it mean that the hovercraft was created in 2003?
Mar 7th, 2010
Dawson
Reminds me of the soviet ekranoplan.
Mar 7th, 2010
Dimi
That’s all we need a bunch of drunk fools flying around with these at the lake!
Boat accidents are not enough I guess ;)
Mar 7th, 2010
Karin L.
Really cool! ESPECIALLY if you live near water!!
Mar 7th, 2010
kdizz
I wonder how many miles this thing does to the gallon. Otherwise, amazing way of getting anywhere anytime. The fact that you have to be going 70 kmph to fly though makes for some pretty risky flying if you were to try it somewhere that wasnt completely open. all the same, I think Ive figured out my birthday present
Mar 7th, 2010
2LV2
Such a short wing moment. This things gonna “tip-stall” like a bitch.
Gonna be dangerous.
Nice concept though.
Mar 8th, 2010
archatas
Cool. It’s just a pity that landing wasn’t shown in the video. :)
Mar 8th, 2010
Dan
I’ve got $13,000 right now. Let’s make this happen.
Mar 8th, 2010
timmay
@ mr great, were past 2000 were in 2010, or have you been living under a rock your whole life
Mar 9th, 2010
Kirvi Inci
^^^^Apparently, some people do not understand sarcasm……
Interesting idea and could be useful to those in bayous and that work in swampy areas.
Mar 9th, 2010
Daniel
I’m not sure if this post is from the past (year <2000) but there is no need for airplane wings as you can have nice crafts that can fly with ground effect. No need to get up in the air hundreds of miles as you can see here in Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_vehicle
Mar 11th, 2010
Reilly
Oh my God! It’s the Orbitz man!!! AHHH!!!
Mar 13th, 2010
Tins
Got sold for $27,500.00 on NZ auction site a couple of days ago..
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Boats-marine/Motorboats/auction-274622678.htm
Mar 17th, 2010
Alannah
thats pretty freakin sweet!
May 25th, 2010
bubbles
ya what happens when the thingy pops
Nov 2nd, 2010
Patti
I can see Jack-asses and Rednecks having a lot of fun and getting killed in these.
Feb 17th, 2011
Gary
I think this Idea is a great Sport & adventure! I’m just trying to find out where I can purchase a kit or the actual craft? Was it sold to a Company that is producing the Flying Hovercraft? I have searched every where & it seems the Dream has ended! Gary
May 22nd, 2011
Mark
If you want to spend the money I will make you one similar Gary. Thats if you ever get this post as it was sooo long ago that you posted on here. Btw I’m in Victoria Australia if you are interested in me making you one/ two etc etc. I’d need to price it up also as I’m pretty sure the price of things has gone up since 2010 :-(
Jan 21st, 2013