Comments on: Build a balloon-powered mini-hovercraft

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:10:10 +0000

thanks sooo much i was doing this other hovercraft and it didn’t even lift!! Finally my friend gave me this website and its great! thanks again!

By: garrett

garrett — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:10:10 +0000

nice all you need is to hold the balloon from tippin’

By: dylan m

dylan m — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:02:49 +0000

MY YEAR 9 STUDENTS LOVED THIS ONE…
I CHEATED AND BROUGHT A 30 CM BALLOON BLEW IT UP AND IT WENT AT LEAST 2 METERS…
MY ARMS LOOK LIKE THAT, TIP WEAR LONG SLEEVED SHIRT

By: Andy Kaiser

Andy Kaiser — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:14:00 +0000

Amanda,

Then scale up the instructions (both in size and material). That should actually be pretty fun to do!

Andy

By: amanda

amanda — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:38:14 +0000

this was not what i was looking for i needed somthing BIGGER

By: klapon

klapon — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:17:15 +0000

im comparing your hovercraft vs another one in my science fair

By: Andy Kaiser

Andy Kaiser — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:03:07 +0000

I think I’d look scarier with shaved arms!

Yet another reason to get my wife to “model” for these photos.

By: loribelle

loribelle — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:44:41 +0000

this looks very convincing. That gur really needs to shave..no ofense..my huasband is the same way.

By: Andy Kaiser

Andy Kaiser — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:40:54 +0000

Tainted Tiff,

Yes, I tried it out when I created this article. The pictures you see in the article are the hovercraft I used.

Unless you get a really big balloon, I don’t think this style of hovercraft has enough thrust to go very far, and it certainly won’t be able to carry much. It’s not steerable, either.

Short story: You should probably take the time to make it yourself *before* you commit to using it in a race of any kind.

By: taintedTiff

taintedTiff — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:59:54 +0000

have you tried this out because even though it looks very convincing it may not work and im goin to be racing this thing thursday so i need this thing to work and its gotta carry a piece or chalk
now im not sure about you but that sounds kinda hard but not really so like kinda make sure this thing works okay and it needs to be easy on easy off u know wat i mea???? well thank you for the idea and hopefully it works. truly yours,
Tainted TIff

By: cameron

cameron — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:16:27 +0000

i like your idea of making a hover craft so much we are going to use your design in our siencefair project

By: Anabela Martins

Anabela Martins — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:57:46 +0000

DBSL is one of the best sites with science experiments for kids,
It is a pitty that the portuguese translation is af a very poor quality, in some cases even chenging the scientific explanation and context!!

I would like to help in the translations.

Anabela Martins
Physics teacher
PhD

By: Anabela Martins

Anabela Martins — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:56:00 +0000

DBSL é um dos melhores sites com experiências para crianças dos 6 aos 9 anos. É uma pequena que tenha traduções em português de tão má qualidade.
Gostaria de melhorar se for possível.
Anabela Martins

By: breanna

breanna — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:24:22 +0000

thanx