Where hovercraft flying and Alaska come together    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in   Goto Hovercraft Alaska Homepage    Log in to check your private messages   Hovercraft Alaska Forum Index -> Infomation about the original Alaska Hovercraft machines. Post a reply Username Subject Message body Emoticons View more Emoticons  Font colour: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Yellow Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Violet White Black  Font size: Tiny Small Normal Large Huge Close Tags [quote="Hovernorth"][u][b]Maverick [/b][/u] Every one of the machines that were built were different in weight. The guy who shot the glass into the molds never did it the same and some of them were extremely heavy, and just the opposite in some of the other craft. There is an exact # of finger skirts for the front, side and rear, along with the drag flap and if it has the 440 it will fly fair to ok with 2 persons, on a windless and cool day. Also due to age , I would replace the multi-wings, they dont hold up from ageing. Had it happen-no fun! The front corners, were Hanks design it added more cushion area, in the low pressure area to help eliminate or help reduce "plow in." I found it works, better than most stream lined hovers, like scat or neoteric. This hovercraft is also underpowered like most are. It should have no less than a 503cc engine. There is also an exact measurement for the finger attachment under the craft, the fingers need to be attached with a 1.25 to 1.50 inch loop to the hinge point on the hull using the zip-ties! Do not pull the ties up tight to the hull! This stabilizes the craft in perfect plenum pressure on the bubble, with you at the controls, everything else will fly in center of lift behind you. There are no patterns available for the fingers, they are actually very simple to make, or take them to Alaska tent and tarp to build them. Or do it your self. You must have 15 front fingers, 17 side fingers, 12 rear fingers of which 4 that must make the corners. 18oz rubber coated vinyl, Polyester reinforced, any of the colors are as good as black! Try to reduce low bag flying, these facts will bring the craft up to it's best flying performance values without any modifications, and the operator should be able to fly it, and it not fly him anymore! You can find the link for multi-wing on the help page. Taper lock original SHx1-5/8 3/8x1/16 keyway[b][/b][/quote] Options HTML is ON BBCode is ON Smilies are ON Disable HTML in this post Disable BBCode in this post Disable Smilies in this post   All times are GMT - 5 Hours Jump to: Select a forum Welcome----------------Guest book for our siteWelcome to Hovercraft Alaska SiteChapter group for Alaska starting January 2006Observations of hovercraft in AlaskaEvents and MeetingsInfomation about the original Alaska Hovercraft machines.Hover'in 05 Hovercraft Chatter----------------Sevtec in AlaskaHovercraft salesNews, Environmental, and LegalTechnical and how-to areaHovercraft Club Of Alaska Alaska Talk----------------What You Want to Know or What You Know About AlaskaAlaska Stories Tim, this is your space----------------You can post here  Topic review Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Igloo Theme Version 1.0 :: Created By: Andrew Charron