I have to weigh in on that hovercraft episode. First off, that Jesse guy is a punk, but I guess that's how they decided to pull in viewers. So, whatever. My real point is that clown doesn't know a thing about hovercraft. The first attempt with putting the panels on that Scat (that's the brand of the hovercraft, FYI) was real iffy already. Those things only lift a few hundred pounds. When he came out and whined about the "lame" design, demanding the DeLorean itself be turned into a hovercraft, I immediately knew it wouldn't work. The car is way too heavy. You'd be hard pressed to lift that sucker with it's own engine, let alone drive it around on a less than firm surface. Doing it with the Scat's engine was simply impossible. I'm no hovercraft expert, but I know enough; I'm building an 8 passenger 20 foot Sevtec Explorer hovercraft in my garage. The completed craft will weigh about 1200lbs, engine included. It will have a 1400lb payload and needs 80hp to operate conservatively. This craft is /designed/ as a hovercraft and at 20' x 12' has vastly more lifting area than a DeLorean. Could you turn a DeLorean into a hovercraft? Sure, but you'd need an awful lot of engineering work, a proper skirt, the underside of the car 100% sealed, and several hundred hp just to start with. Quite honestly I think it'd be hard to do with fans. A turbine would be your best bet. The other alternative is to build a proper hovercraft base and simply attach the car to that. You'd still need a lot of engineering and horsepower to make it happen. -Ryan --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, darryl@xxxx wrote: > > Rich, I wasn't meaning anything negative toward your cars. I know you > purchased the 4X4 and vastly improved it, as it was pretty crude when I looked > into getting it. What I was referring to was the next guy, trying to copy you > with some half-baked attempt. And the hovercraft part was squarely aimed at > the MG car. That whole fiasco was ill-advised, and why people like Don and > the rest would contribute to such a negative effort is beyond me. At least > your cars continue to "live" in modified form; that one was executed in front > of millions of viewers. Not a pretty sight. > > I'm hardly a puritan on this subject, having been a street rodder all my > life. Heck, I even once pursued making a full custom out of a Tucker! I also > parted out 6 DeLoreans that were far beyond saving. But the older I get the > more I appreciate how these rare cars need to be preserved as much as > possible. And yet I still wouldn't trade my blown car for a stock one... > > Darryl T. > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/