Video: New Zealander Creates Homebuilt Personal Hovercraft


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While this isn’t exactly a PWC, we do think many of you will see some design similarities that’ll blur the lines between a personal watercraft and a personal hovercraft. And c’mon, it is still a very cool build worth sharing.

This one of a kind creation built by New Zealander, Rudy Heeman isn’t your average back yard build, either. He has successfully manufactured a functional hovercraft! This hovercraft took precision engineering and serious know-how to make it work properly. There’s very little room for error when building something like this. Heeman did a terrific job designing and building a craft this unique. With no baseline as to how a hovercraft should look, Rudy Heeman had to dream it, design it, then manufacture it from scratch.

Along with being a functional “hovercraft,” once it exceeds 40 miles per hour, it is capable of flying. It promises to give you the ultimate air, land, and sea experience. It’s a boat, a plane, and a land-going vehicle all in one! After watching the video, it looks like it would be a blast to ride, and a very versatile craft, too. I can’t think of many places this thing couldn’t go. Who wouldn’t want one of these?

It floats, flies, hovers, slides, there’s not a whole lot it doesn’t do. If you’re anything like we are, you’re probably thinking “Sign me up!” But you don’t want to go through the trouble of building one yourself. You don’t have to build one to own one, as Heeman plans on marketing his design at a price of $13,000. Watch it in action HERE:

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