My pops is building this. This is his 2nd one for himself. He's built a couple kits for people but that was quite some time ago. This one is larger and utilizes one engine instead of 2 like the previous one. The last one had a briggs & stratton on the front for lift. This is a much better design and larger as well. His first one was a test run and put together a lot faster. Well honestly it was hacked together IMO.
I'm glad I didn't inherit that from him. His first had ribbing and "paneling" covering it. This one is mostly foam with fiberglass covering it. It will have a gel coat and the ext. will look like a boats. This one is also much lighter as well. The plan is for us to take it down the Mississippi; camping along the way. BTW you can't beat the expression of ice fishermen when you're hauling across the ice and then hit open water.
Skirting should be going on soon.
He has some pretty good brazing skills. I'm going to practice when I'm up this weekend. I want to be able to do 3L fuel rails that don't leak.
And if you want to learn more about hovercrafts.
http://www.hovercraft.com/content/index.php
