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Personal Flying Hovercraft Attacks Land, Sea AND Sky

May 9, 2012 / count me in, crashing and burning, death trap, do want, just what I've been waiting for!, man i can totally see myself spazzing out at the controls of this thing and crashing into a parked yacht, okay if 190 of us get together we only have to drop a grand each and we can switch off every two days (i get it for the first month though), transportation, trying to jump a log in the lake and winding up in a tree, what could go wrong?, whee!, yes please

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This is the $190,000 Flying Hovercraft from retailer-to-the-rich Hammacher Schlemmer. It hovers on both land and water, but can also fly for short distances at an altitude of 20-feet at speeds up to 70MPH. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? "Certain death?" YES. Let's go halvsies.

Operating in fresh- or saltwater and up to 30% inclines over sand, mud, grass, swamp, desert, ice, and snow, its wings and horizontal elevator enable pilots to simply hop over water- or land-based obstacles up to 20'-high unsurmountable to a typical hovercraft. A joystick controls three vertical rudders and the elevator, a twist friction-lock throttle controls forward speed, and a variable drive system controls the lift fan for hovering. Braking is provided by lowering the lift fan's rpms; comes to rest on Kevlar composite landing skids. Its low center of gravity and composite fiberglass/PVC hull enable it to operate in winds up to 25 mph and waves up to 6' when in flight. Two nine-gallon gasoline tanks provide a 160-mile range. Supports pilot/passenger payloads up to 600 lbs. for flight.

Not gonna lie, I really do want one. But not in that tacky school bus yellow, I want mine to be matte black like one of Batman's rides. Then we can install some machine guns and other gizmos on it and pretend we're crimefighters. The only catch: we're not gonna be. We're gonna use it to rob the ice cream boat.

Hit the jump for some closeups.

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Thanks to Tomby, who's holding out for a model that's also a submarine. F*** yeah, let's go harpoon some mermen!

There are Comments
  • николай Герасимов

  • Damn, it gets better mileage than a Hummer.

  • Guest

    This is a pretty sweet vehicle, almost as sweet as a jet pack. It might go faster if I painted some flames on the side.

  • The cockpit is kinda lame. Needs more Batman gadgets! 

  • so what kind of licence do i need to get one? and what kind of tag would it need?

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