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Hovercraft › Chapter 8 of 8

Skirt

71 skirt segments made and clipped on. The last big job before the first hover.

  1. Part 1

    Making the 71 skirt segments

    The skirts for the super wedge are individual segments. My craft has 71 air feed holes so that means there is 71 skirt segments / fingers....

    5 photos
  2. Part 2

    How the Duralock skirt attachment works

    I've always liked the idea that Charles Dixon had for attaching the skirts to his viper but the "poly fastener" that he used is not available...

    7 photos
  3. Part 3

    Skirts on, and what a difference

    Received the Duralock 2 today which is good because now I can start to attach my skirts. So tonight I started to cut the base material...

    6 photos
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