Larry's Hovercraft & Trike Build

Building machines from scratch

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    • Start to finish overview
    • 1Hull
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    • 3Fan Frame and Drive Train
    • 4Steering and Seating
    • 5Engine Bay and Electrics
    • 6Painting
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Hovercraft › Chapter 1 of 8

Hull

Bare sheets of ply stitched together with wire, then filleted, glassed, foam filled and decked over.

  1. Part 1

    Stitching the hull together

    Here is the basic shell of the cockpit made, minus the seat and steering items, I have specifically left these items out for now so that...

    8 photos
  2. Part 2

    Fibreglassing the seams and foam filling the hull

    Today I managed to wire the front planning panels in place then filleted and fibreglassed all relevant seams. It's a timely process but worth the effort...

    6 photos
  3. Part 3

    Top decks glued down and the underside painted

    Now that all top panels are aligned and foamed I have painted the buoyancy tank tops and side panels with a white epoxy paint, this is...

    5 photos
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