Turbo hovercraft manufacturer of world champion hovercrafts

By Tim Pryor

The photo to the right is of Australia's first World Hovercraft Champion. Robert Waugh from Woolongong in NSW, one of the OZ Team 2000 members that went to England to race at Weston Park in August is now the new Formula "S" World Champ. Formula "S" is the class of racing which is open to all integrated type craft, with a maximum duct size of 900mm and unlimited horsepower.

I have very little details of how the Team in general went, but their leader Owen Ellis seems to have come unstuck somewhere. When he was racing he hit a tree, (Weston Park is notorious for trees!!) and suffered a broken arm and maybe broken fingers.

The following week in the World Cup event Clint Buckwell from Victoria and Brian Rowland from NSW won the endurance event which is another great achievement for this team.

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TWO SEATER RACING HOVERCRAFT:

This lightweight two - seater hovercraft is especially suited to the racing enthusiast. It surpasses all competitors with its revolutionary aerodynamic and hydrodynamic design. full Kevlar, epoxy vacuum foamed sandwich, is responsible for the crafts extreme durability, giving it the strongest hull available on the market.

The front of the craft contains twin air - chambers (one fiberglass / one nylon), providing a dual path, forward lift air priority supply, further improving its ability to resist ploughing. This craft features a unique skirt deflection system to improve high-speed stability.

If seeing is believing, then this is THE CRAFT OF CHAMPIONS !

SPECIFICATIONS:

Length                        3.40 m
Width                         1.80 m
Height                        1.40 m
Dry Weight (unladen)   140 kg
Payload                       200 kg
Hoverheight                220 mm
Maximum Speed         90 + kph
Thrust                           95 kg
Max Wave Height        500 mm

HULL                - Full Kevlar epoxy foam sandwich
PROPULSION     - Multi-bladed, ducted axial flow fan, 900 mm diam
TRANSMISSION - 2.6 : 1 reduction polychain belt
POWER PLANT - Twin cylinder, 500 cc, 2-stroke, 50 hp
SKIRT               - Extended segment, neoprene-coated nylon

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