In the beginning.
It was 1998 when I decided to
build a hovercraft. I'd joined the Hovercraft Club of Great
Britain (HCGB) and been along to a few meeting and met a
few people. After a while I started to notice the
differences between craft and formed an opinion of what I
was after. I spotted an advert in Light Hovercraft, the
HCGB's magazine for an old hover. It didn't have an engine
but it did have a duct, steering, a skirt and engine frame.
At this point I didn't have a tow bar or trailer so a quick
phone call to Dad to see if he was up for a trip to
Maidstone in Kent for the day.
When we got there the craft was just as I'd expected so a
quick look round and money changed hands. At this point I
was told it had been used as a corporate craft, giving
rides and training people to drive a hovercraft for fun. It
was a Moto-Cyclone, around ten years old, originally
powered by a Rotax 447, had a duel bench seat, side bar
steering and a 750mm duct.
From these beginnings I've had a great amount of fun. So
much so that. I built this craft up from the hull twice,
hence the version 1 and version 2 labels I given these
pages.