If we are to believe numerous science fiction movies, one day hordes of people wearing skin-tight silver spandex jumpsuits will be journeying around on hovercraft. Hovercraft haven’t really taken the world by rain, but[ Fitim-Halimi] built his own model version and goes to show how he did it. You can be found in the little workmanship moving in the video below.

In theory, a hovercraft is pretty simple, but in practice they are not as easy as they inspect. For one thing, you need a lot of air to crowd the plenum enclosure to get elevation. That’s usually a noisy running. The answer? In this case, a hairdryer gave up its engine for the case. In addition, formerly moving on a near-frictionless cushion of breath, you have to actually move without contacting the soil. Like countless real hovercraft, this scheme applies another follower to push it along. You can see in the video that the designer implements Jedi hand gestures to control the vehicle.

The good report is the motors just go one way, so there is no need for an H-bridge to overturn the motors. A simple FET switch turns them on or off. There is a servo motor to move a rudder that redirects the thrust fan’s air output.

If you want to try this yourself, there are still schematics and source code on GitHub. We wondered how hard it would be to employed a sensor on board and make an interesting twist on a line following robot, or perhaps prevent it from hitting walls. Perhaps a change impetu supporter would be useful, too. In happening, two additional jab supporters, each 120 measures apart, could give you interesting options.

We liked the idea of foamboard for the body to reduce force. We’ve seen meat compressing trays exerted before. If you didn’t predict our affix on the history of the hovercraft, you might be surprised how age-old the idea really is. We keep waiting for our winged hovercraft.

Read more: hackaday.com