Hovercraft

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Condition :   Good   
Principle :   Action & Reaction  
Area of Study :  Heat & Fluids 
Equipment :   Hovercraft, Pail (Seat), Air Blower (1 or 2), 50 ft. extension cord, Bricks (3) (red, white, lead).

Procedure :   The hovercraft will work much the same way as the water rocket. In this case you may throw off weights when the craft is running or even more impressive is to use a CO2 fire extinguisher or a compressed air tank to propel the craft. Maximum working load on the craft is about 250 lbs.  
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   Web Sites

Hovercraft model/ hovercraft. http://bizarrelabs.com
© 1997-2002 Brian Carusella All rights reserved.

 

A Program Established by the World Hovercraft Organization.

www.DiscoverHover.org

 

 

   References

John E. Carlson, "Kick Dis Power Puck",
TPT, Vol. 42, # 3, March 2004, p.144.

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr., "Gyroscopic Control of Hovercraft", TPT, Vol. 31, # 1, Jan. 1993, p. 4. 

Sandra K. McPhillips with Maria A. Lynch,  "A Tale of Human Power,"  TPT, Vol. 29, # 2, p. 82, (Feb. 1991).

Ken Altshuler,  "The Human Airpuck,"  TPT, Vol. 27, # 8, p. 615, (November 1989).

 

M- 282:  "Human Air Puck,"  DICK and RAE Physics Demo Notebook.

 

David Smith, "Robust Air Puck Takes a Kicking", Physics Education, March 2004, p. 208.

 

3.15:  R. D. Edge, "Effects of Pressure," String & Sticky Tape Experiments.

William Beatty, "A Demonstration Hovercraft,"  PIRA Newsletter, Vol. 9, # 3 p. 24, Jan. 1995.

"Conservation of Momentum: Fire Extinguisher and Cart," PIRA Newsletter, Vol. 3, # 17, p. 2, 1/25/90.

"Hovercrafts: Boats That Fly on a Cushion of Air,"  Readers Digest.

 



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