Showing posts with label Build a hovercraft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Build a hovercraft. Show all posts

27 January, 2014

Video: Neoteric Hovercraft soars over broken ice

It’s official: this has been the most frigid January in a century. But that doesn’t deter a hovercraft owner from enjoying the weather! Neoteric customer Dirk Lohry lives on McCook Lake in South Dakota – and he enjoys flying over the lake year-round. Watch through his GoPro Helmet Cam as he soared over the broken ice last week …


Unlike most other vehicles, a hovercraft flies safely and easily over ice – even thin or broken ice. And the Neoteric HoverTrek’s patented reverse thrust system makes it the hovercraft of choice for ice rescues, ice fishing, and other operations on ice. As Dirk Lohry says, “Maneuvering is easy due to the reverse thrusters.”

Dirk built his own hovercraft from a Neoteric Partially-Assembled Kit. Check out the photo gallery of his construction in the Neoteric Hover Garage …



03 May, 2012

Can I build a hovercraft from a kit?


All you need is a Neoteric partially assembled hovercraft kit and you can easily build your own hovercraft. This is the only production hovercraft available in do-it-yourself kits. Not only does a DIY hovercraft save you 25% off the price of a manufactured hovercraft, it gives you a great project to enjoy with family or friends.

The kit hovercraft is easy to assemble because much of the work has already been completed at the factory and the kits come with full hovercraft assembly instructions, including a DVD. It takes about 40 hours to finish and all you need are basic workshop skills, a work area about the size of a one-car garage, and common hand tools such as an electric drill, a pop rivet gun, a set of screwdrivers and sets of open-ended and allen wrenches.

Our customers have built personal hovercraft, as well as commercial and rescue hovercraft, from our partially assembled kits. A few examples …

Dirk Lohry built his recreational hovercraft from a Neoteric kit. He lives on a lake in South Dakota and his hovercraft lets him fly for the first time on the lake in winter over thin and broken ice. Read Dirk’s comments and see a photo gallery of his experience building a hovercraft ...

The Butler Group Co. Ltd. in Phuket, Thailand built their commercial hovercraft from a kit ...

Another commercial hovercraft builder is the Winous Point Shooting Club. The Club is a part of the Winous Point Marsh Conservancy on the shores of Lake Erie in Point Clinton, Ohio and is the oldest duck hunting club in America. Their hovercraft is used to transport hunters over water, mud, sand and thin ice to suitable hunting spots. Follow along as they assemble the hovercraft

You can learn more about what’s involved in building a hovercraft and see step-by-step photo galleries from our customers in the Neoteric Hovercraft HoverGarage.

Questions about building a hovercraft? Just leave a comment!