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Me at the Hovershow last year.
Formula 2 craft at Claydon House.
Me racing in Somerset.
Slightly airbourne.
Formula 1 at Claydon House.
World Champs in USA 2002.
Formula 3 airbourne!
ETA: Cool because of where it is!
Loads of pics and vids on the FIL website. http://www.hovercraftvideo.co.uk/
Formula 2 craft at Claydon House.
Me racing in Somerset.
Slightly airbourne.
Formula 1 at Claydon House.
World Champs in USA 2002.
Formula 3 airbourne!
ETA: Cool because of where it is!
Loads of pics and vids on the FIL website. http://www.hovercraftvideo.co.uk/
Edited by Sixpackpert on Tuesday 28th September 12:57
Are they road legal, because this is almost "shed" worthy
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HOVERCRAFT-EAGLE-ONE-PROFESS...
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Collectingbrass said:
Are they road legal, because this is almost "shed" worthy
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"Must ......... fight ......... to ......... keep .......... Visa .......... in ......... wallet."http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HOVERCRAFT-EAGLE-ONE-PROFESS...
Want more than a RR Classic.
I remember going to Dover when I was a kid in the early 1980's, remember seeing the SRN4s and the Naviplane (the one with 3 engines). I have a photo of it somewhere.
Went again around 1990, then in 2000 when I heard that the service was being cancelled at the end of the week, I decided I had to go and get one last set of photos.
Here are a few of them, tried some arty shots from the top of Langdon Cliffs aswell.
Hope you like these from the last day of Cross Channel Hovercraft operations. These were all taken on film SLR.
The last flight was after these photos, (pretty much in the dark), which was a staff special, which ended with one of the SRN4s doing a flight along the length of the sea front, virtually on the beach!!
I had parked my car on the sea front and when I got back it was covered in salt spray.
Shame rising fuel costs the Sea Cat and the Channel Tunnel made the Hovercraft unviable. It was still faster than the Le Shuttle, and Sea Cat.
Went again around 1990, then in 2000 when I heard that the service was being cancelled at the end of the week, I decided I had to go and get one last set of photos.
Here are a few of them, tried some arty shots from the top of Langdon Cliffs aswell.
Hope you like these from the last day of Cross Channel Hovercraft operations. These were all taken on film SLR.
The last flight was after these photos, (pretty much in the dark), which was a staff special, which ended with one of the SRN4s doing a flight along the length of the sea front, virtually on the beach!!
I had parked my car on the sea front and when I got back it was covered in salt spray.
Shame rising fuel costs the Sea Cat and the Channel Tunnel made the Hovercraft unviable. It was still faster than the Le Shuttle, and Sea Cat.
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 28th September 21:36
anonymous said:
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such a fantastic machine, I remember flying on it when I was young. Waiting on the slip way seeing the beast appear was a memory I wont forget, all the spray, the noise, I think I used to be quite scared to be honest 
Edit to add, sorry, this is a video but love the start up sequence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yM4qzvvsEg&p=C...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6FSKIKlei0&fea...
Edited by 635djimmy on Wednesday 29th September 01:11
anonymous said:
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Was at a talk back in Uni with a guy who'd built his own hovercraft and taken it to the Hovercraft Speed Challenge in Australia (so he knew his sh*t) Answering someones question about the fastest hovercraft he told us that after the last refit one of the crews took an empty but fully fueled SRN4 "out for a spin" on a flat day, apparently on the channel run they stuck to the timetable but on this occasion they pushed the engines to the stops and just let it fly, the story goes when the crew finally bottled out and pull the throttles back they saw the speedo come off the stop and back down past 100knots!
Seeing these old ships at rest at the Museam is like seeing the Concorde in a museam.... a sad reflection of what was once a great (albeit thristy) way to travel!
Sixpackpert said:
thinfourth2 said:
Sixpackpert said:
World Champs in USA 2002.
Pert realise that he shouldn't of touched the switch mark SUCK/BLOWchuntington101 said:
Sixpackpert said:
thinfourth2 said:
Sixpackpert said:
World Champs in USA 2002.
Pert realise that he shouldn't of touched the switch mark SUCK/BLOWFormula 1 is unlimited in the cc of the engines and the thrust engine of choice at the moment is the Rotax 809 triple cylinder 2-stroke from snowmobiles. It kicks out about 160-180bhp. The lift engine of choice is a Weslake from drone aircraft, again 2-stroke and produces about 25bhp. 0-60mph is approx 5 seconds, with no brakes!!
Formula 2 is limited to 600cc 2-stroke or 750cc 4-stroke. Engines of choice at the moment are GSXR750 and GSXR600.
Formula 3 is limited to 250cc 2-stroke and 500cc 4-stroke. These guys use mainly TZR's.
Formula 503 is for the Rotax 503 microlight engine.
Formula 35 uses industrial Briggs & Stratton engines upto a total bhp of 35.
For cruising craft you would mainly use either the industrial Briggs & Stratton engines or BMW K100 or K75 motorbike engines. Other engines have been used in cruising craft over the years, Subaru 1.8l, Ford Zetec 1.6l.
Edited for speeling!!
Edited by Sixpackpert on Wednesday 29th September 13:02
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Seeing these old ships at rest at the Museam is like seeing the Concorde in a museam.... a sad reflection of what was once a great (albeit thristy) way to travel!
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Seeing these old ships at rest at the Museam is like seeing the Concorde in a museam.... a sad reflection of what was once a great..... COUNTRY.
Seeing these old ships at rest at the Museam is like seeing the Concorde in a museam.... a sad reflection of what was once a great (albeit thristy) way to travel!
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Seeing these old ships at rest at the Museam is like seeing the Concorde in a museam.... a sad reflection of what was once a great..... COUNTRY.
635djimmy said:
anonymous said:
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such a fantastic machine, I remember flying on it when I was young. Waiting on the slip way seeing the beast appear was a memory I wont forget, all the spray, the noise, I think I used to be quite scared to be honest Edit to add, sorry, this is a video but love the start up sequence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yM4qzvvsEg&p=C...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6FSKIKlei0&fea...
Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 29th September 01:11
I may have missed something but there was a couple of serious accidents with the hover craft that impacted their profitability due to loss of confience. I rememmber using the hovercafts as a kid and it was the closest I could get to using concord as we were "travelling in time" Loved the experience. I think we were given a news paper which there was no way o reading due to the vibrations. As a family we had to make the shift to the Seacats. still more fun than the ferry but not as exciting as the hovecraft and 15 minutes slower.
h0b0 said:
I may have missed something but there was a couple of serious accidents with the hover craft that impacted their profitability due to loss of confience.
Anyone remember the time one of them hit the harbour wall at Dover, must have been early/mid eighties? We lost two family friends in that accident. He came ashore in Dover, his 12 year old daughter washed up in Weymouth several weeks later......We never used it again after that.
Edit: here you go http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/accident.html 30th March 1985.
Edited by rednotdead on Thursday 30th September 09:31
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