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Post by blowemupspudguy on Aug 15, 2005 22:13:49 GMT -5
i have this like super kill blower and no use for it.... i want somthing more cool than usefull
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Post by turbosuper on Aug 16, 2005 9:41:13 GMT -5
You could make a hovercraft. Provided it wont work very well but its still pretty cool.
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Post by blowemupspudguy on Aug 16, 2005 19:37:54 GMT -5
haha, actually that's what i bought it for origanally. i was thinkin about trying again and making it smaller. did you get one to work?
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Post by saladtossser on Aug 24, 2005 11:53:29 GMT -5
hoverboard!! same thing but smaller and lighter.
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Post by sgort87 on Aug 24, 2005 14:02:12 GMT -5
Take a big circular piece of plywood and cut a hole in the center big enough for the blower nozzle to fit in. Then take a plastic sheet with the same diameter as the plywood (It's like a tarp, but a solid sheet, not woven.) and poke holes all over it evenly but not in the center (Leave a 1 foot diameter in the center without holes.) and not on the edges (about 4 inches). Then duct tape like crazy all over the edges of the plastic and plywood to join them together. There you go, hovercraft. Mount a chair on it or try to stand up. The downside is it's only useful on smooth floors. Don't use on cement.
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Post by saladtossser on Aug 24, 2005 14:49:51 GMT -5
just butter or wax the bottom to protect it.
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Post by sgort87 on Aug 24, 2005 22:27:12 GMT -5
Yeah. Snowboard wax should work, the liquid kind that dries after a few minutes.
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Post by blowemupspudguy on Aug 25, 2005 17:19:27 GMT -5
that's actually what i did, i made a small one out of plywood but it didn't come close to moving, i might try making it differntly
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Post by sgort87 on Aug 25, 2005 17:31:04 GMT -5
It needs a 4 foot diameter.
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Post by blowemupspudguy on Aug 25, 2005 18:25:53 GMT -5
haha, that could be why i couldn't get it to work, mine hade about a 1 1/2' diameter
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Post by sgort87 on Aug 25, 2005 22:56:34 GMT -5
Hehe, yep that would be it. With more area, it distributes the weight a lot better.
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Post by blowemupspudguy on Aug 25, 2005 23:22:57 GMT -5
yeah makes sense
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Post by sgort87 on Aug 26, 2005 11:17:21 GMT -5
My old physics teacher has one and at the end of the year the class gets to go into the hall and ride it. U just get on, sit down, and a few people give you a push down the hall. It goes really fast and sometimes you spin all over. Standing on it is very hard. It looks easy but its like trying to stand on a water raft while its moving. Actually the principles of physics are almost exactly the same between the two. Hovercraft are great. The thing that sucked about that one is it was powered by an electric vacuum. So the power cord always needed to be taken care of. I assume your leaf blower is gas powered. Am I right? If so it would be so much better.
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Post by blowemupspudguy on Aug 26, 2005 13:04:10 GMT -5
yeah it is, it's also the bigest leaf blower i could find that wasn't in a backpack design
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