Frustrated with what they see as stagnation in the evolution of hovercraft design over recent decades, cousins Michael Mercier and Chris Jones have teamed up in an effort to bring the personal ...

It could turn out to be one of the coolest vehicles on Earth, even if it floats nine inches above it. A startup company in Chicago has come up with a revolutionary new hovercraft design that features ...

Matt Sheehy has been taking things apart since he was a little kid — and more often than not, he’s also managed to put them back together. But with his latest project, the Rhode Island 17-year-old ...

Hovercrafts aren’t typically described as high-end, but VonMercier is hoping to change that. The US outfit, which is helmed by Michael Mercier, has just unveiled a next-gen amphibious vehicle that it ...

RC hovercrafts offer all sorts of design options which make them interesting projects to explore. There are dual-motor ones where one motor provides lift while the other does the thrust. For steering, ...

National Manufacturing Week (NMW) attendees will be able to "Innovate Eight Ways in 4 Days!" with eight shows running concurrently. More than 1,000 exhibitors, 300 conference sessions, and 400 ...

December 9, 2004 Convenience is the name of the game with the Hov Pod, the latest hovercraft design for marine leisure and commercial usage. Large enough to carry three adults, the Hov Pod offers a ...

Why bother maneuvering a golf cart around all those pesky water hazards and sand traps on the course when you can simply float right over them? That’s what professional golfer Bubba Watson was ...

CORDOVA, ILLINOIS-- Bob Windt will tell you everything you need to know about his hovercraft. The 75-year-old retired aeronautical engineer has had an interest in designing his own toys for more than ...

Hovercraft might not have caught on big with the public, yet. But who wouldn’t want to glide around across ice, water, highways, and fields in the ultimate low-level flying machine? Well, if you have ...

In order to float across land and water, the giant air-trapping skirt around the base of a hovercraft needs to keep a tight seal at all times. Were it to tackle giant waves, it would get tossed about ...

To enhance the water transportation system in Lagos State, a United Kingdom (U.K.) firm carried out a trial of hovercraft on Lagos waterways at the weekend. Hovercraft is an amphibious boat-like ...