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UK
and EU Customers
 
This is a great time to buy!
Make the most of the low value
of the US Dollar. It makes purchases from the USA exceptional value!
You
can buy directly from our USA manufacturing center, including
shipping to your door, for less than buying products within the EU!
We ship every day to
the UK and Europe.
Our
store now shows all prices in £ and € and the cost of shipping to
your door.
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our store HERE
and see those low
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Fascinating
HOVER FACTS
SPEED
DEMONS - The
fastest Hovercraft in the world! The
world speed record for a full size hovercraft is 137.40 km/hr
(85.376 mph) recorded on September 20, 1995 by American Bob Windt So
to all those who ask us how fast a you can go with RC Hovercraft,
the answer is much slower than Mr Windt! So be careful of some of
those wild RC Hovercraft claims!
First
Hovercraft in the USA? -
The first person in the USA to build and operate an Air Cushion Vehicle
was Dr. William Bertelsen. In 1959 he constructed and demonstrated a
craft over land and water. It was featured on the cover of Popular
Science in July 1959. Find out more at www.aeromobile.com
ORIGINS
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The word
Hovercraft never existed in the English language until it was
introduced by Sir Christopher Cockerall in 1955. He discovered the
principle of the momentum curtain, developed the first Hovercraft and
invented the word we all know the craft by today!
PRICELESS!
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It you were to
buy the two SR.N4 hovercraft that are up for sale do budget in all
the spares. A complete replacement skirt for one of these craft will
set you back $5million!
45
YEARS ON! -
In June 2004
it was be 45 years since the SR.N1 rolled out to a
press day demonstration at the Saunders Roe plant in the UK. In
front of the gathered press the machine was put through its paces
on land and on water. The Hovercraft was born.
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RC
Hovercraft Delivered to Pennsylvania State University
Hovercraftmodels.com
has been awarded a contract to supply Pennsylvania State University
with radio control hovercraft. Both ready built rc models and kits have
been supplied for undergraduate studies in the Mechanical
Engineering faculty. The university took delivery of ready built
MicroStorm and ElectroCruiser models as well as ElectroCruiser kits.
HOVERCRAFTmodels.com
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Brochure
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Is
a child friendly site registered with the
Internet
Content Rating Association
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HOVERCRAFTmodels.com
is
a member of the Radio Control Hobby Trade Association
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The
Worlds Source of Unique Educational
and RC Hovercraft Models,
Books and Plans
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Designed
and
manufactured in the USA
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Shipped direct to our customers world-wide
You
can phone your order in on: +1 (240) 252 1805 - We
take Visa, MasterCard and Discover
Customers
outside the US, you can shop and get shipping rates in your local currency
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May/June 2008 - What's New?
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Updated
- See our customers completed models in the Gallery
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RC
Hovercraft Super Starter Pack
Ideal
for Science Projects or a first step in
the RC Hovercraft Hobby.
A comprehensive starter pack at a great price.
Includes everything you need:
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Griffon
2000TDX Scale Model Hovercraft Kit
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RC
System
- Can
be used world-wide
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2 Channel Transmitter
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2 Channel Receiver with integrated speed controller
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RC Servo
Kit
Includes: Motors,
wiring, propellers, battery case, switch, ready made
skirt and much more
Detailed
Construction Manual
See
More About This Pack
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NOW IN STOCK 
Just
$139.99!
EU
Price Approx: €88 .00 UK £70.00
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RC
Model Hovercraft Kits
- Scale
and Sport
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Griffon
2000TDX
RC
Hovercraft
1/30th
Scale Model
Kit
building skills required: Beginner
NOW IN STOCK
A
detailed 1/30th scale reproduction of the Griffon 2000TDX craft
produced by our model design team with help from Griffon
Hovercraft Ltd. Fully operational, just like the real craft, it operates with
standard, off the shelf RC equipment.
See
our Griffon 2000TDX Page
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SR.N5
RC
Hovercraft
1/24th Scale
Model
Kit
building skills required: Beginner
NOW IN STOCK
A
detailed scale model Hovercraft the of the classic BHC SR.N5 Warden Class Hovercraft. A very popular kit that features in the Hoverpower R/C Hovercraft video from Traplet,
Also See
a review of this kit in December issue of Marine
Modelling International
See
our SR.N5 Page
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HoverDART
Kit building skills required: Beginner
NOW IN STOCK
Racing/Sport RC
Hovercraft
We
designed it just for speed!
The
fastest RC Hovercraft available today, anywhere!
HoverDart
is a fast remote control Hovercraft designed just to run like the full
scale F1 craft. Races on water,
land and ice, indoors or out.
See
our HoverDART page
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can buy these RC Model Hovercraft in our online store
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Transparent
Griffon 2000TDX
1/30th
scale Kit
building skills required: Beginner
All
Clear Body allows you to see
how it this RC Hovercraft works. You can see
theory in action. Ideal for school and college project. A
true scale replica of a
real Hovercraft. It
operates
just like the full
size craft with fully functional
lift, thrust and
rudder control
See
our Transparent Griffon page
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How
Complete Are Our Kits? All our kits include
everything to build the complete
Hovercraft
- All parts, motors propellers, wire, connectors, solder ....everything!
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Combination Kits - This includes the Kit, Radio, Battery and Speed
Controller
All
our RC Hovercraft and related products are exclusive to
HOVERCRAFTmodels.com and are manufactured in the USA at our own
facility.
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HoverHopper
CD
ROM Manual
and Plans
Blueprints,
video
clips and construction details. 200Mb of everything you need to
build a fully radio controlled RC Hovercraft more
details....
 Very
Popular!
Thousands of
copies shipped WORLD-WIDE!
Buy
these plans now in our RC Hovercraft Plans Store
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New
- ElectroCruiser
Plan Pack
Now
you can build your own giant
ElectroCruiser
from our detailed plan pack.
Includes
full size plans, construction CD with step-by-step instructions,
video clips, color photos  and full parts list. Find out more about
our giant ElectroCruiser.This
Plan Pack is in our Plans
Store
Parts
are available in our
Parts
Store
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$22.95
Now also available at: 
NEW:
This Book Now Available in German From
VTH Germany
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Introduction
To Radio Control Hovercraft
By
Kevin Jackson and Mark Porter In
Our Book
Store Now
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Design and build your own RC Hovercraft
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Understand the principles of skirt design
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Build RC models to scale from full size plans
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Learn to install the radio system and wire it up
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MORE Information.
Shipping
rates for this book:-
Within the USA, Priority Mail: $6.95, Airmail: to UK and Europe:
$8.95, Australia and New Zealand: $9.95, to Canada: $ 6.95
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$11.99
Now also available at:
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'Discover
the Hovercraft'
By
Kevin Jackson
In
Our Book
Store Now
Very
popular for Science Projects
Discover
the secrets of the Hovercraft:
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Explore Hovercraft Design
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Understand the Hovercraft
principle
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Trace the history of its invention
Take
a tour of the Hovercraft secret world. Trace the history of this
extraordinary craft through early ideas and designs to modern craft.
Try
your own experiments and demonstrate the Hovercraft principle. Makes an ideal companion to our
science kits for a complete science project package.
MORE
Information.
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Hovercraft
Science Kits, Plans and Projects
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STEP
1-2-3
HOVER TM
Science
Fair Model Hovercraft Plans
and Manual The Ultimate
Hovercraft Science Project! This plan set is school and college Proven -Click
here for - MORE
details....
A
33 page Pack of Scale Plans and Construction Manual on a CD
- More..
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Easy
Build Model
Hovercraft Kit
Very
Popular for science projects,
We get calls daily for this model!
Used by many schools and colleges
world-wide i ts
so easy to build. Just follow the instruction and 45 minutes later, go hover!
Everything
you need in one box. Quick and Easy
to Build Model Hovercraft Kit with a unique Hover-Skirt for all
terrain hovering. Uses
Standard AA size pen cell batteries. For
more information click HERE
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more Science
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NEED SCIENCE PROJECTS HELP?
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In a hurry and need to get that Hovercraft project done fast?
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Looking
for Hovercraft science fair help?
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Need a model Hovercraft
kit for your science project?
We have
exactly what you need:
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Our Step 1-2-3 Plans provide
a simple and easy to build hovercraft using easy to read plans. You
will
find the
parts you need to build it in our Parts
Store.
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Or take a look at our Easy
Build Kit for an all-in one solution and built in 45 minutes or
less.
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Want
to know how a Hovercraft works? Click
Here to check out our book 'Discover the Hovercraft' for
details and diagrams showing how a Hovercraft works.
See our Science Fair pages HERE
Also see our
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Science Project Bundles In
our Science
Kits
Store Both
bundles contain a Hovercraft kit, batteries, Discover the
Hovercraft
book and FREE Project Cheat Sheets CD.
Science
Project PARTS: Want
to design
your own Hovercraft? - See our Parts
Store for all you need to build and operate your own hovercraft.
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See
full size craft in action, learn about how they work and understand
their history
SAVE!
- Now
$7 off - Three titles to choose from
In
Our Video Store Now Click
HERE
Strap in and get a close
up, front seat view of the real craft in action!
See the cross
channel SRN4 giants and watch the early hovercraft experiments which
laid the foundation for the modern hovercraft today. These videos
are special productions from rare historical footage and new, more
recent video which has never seen on broadcast TV.
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Want
to get started in RC Hovercraft? We can help.....
"We
know its not easy when you look at a new hobby to get a grasp on all the
information you need!"
Our web site is aimed at getting you all the
information, models and equipment you are looking for to get started in
RC Model Hovercraft. If you can't find something then contact
us, I'm sure we can help.
At
Hovercraftmodels.com we design and manufacture model
hovercraft, we only work on Hovercraft so 100% of our focus is on making
the very best product. Using
our many years of hovercraft modeling experience we offer unique
expertise in design of rc hovercraft. Our range includes many kits, parts,
plans and now books written by the experts in this field of the RC
hobby. This gives our customers the benefit of wide range of choice to
build a home grown design, build from plans or a kit and books to guide
you through the process. If you have
looked at or tried a toy hovercraft but want
something that will hover over a wide range of surfaces, is bigger, faster and more robust, we have exactly what you are
looking for! We aim to help you get the best out of the hovercraft hobby and have a lot of fun on the
way!
If you are new to model
hovercrafts we suggest reading our book 'Introduction to RC Hovercraft'
is contains everything a beginner needs, this is a great place to start. If you're looking for a hovercraft kit to build we have a
wide range of kits in our Kits
Store. We
have also developed a step by step guide to get you started on building your own
simple hovercraft using our Easy Build Hovercraft
kit or the Step 1-2-3 Hover
Manual and Plans. This is an ideal way to get started on a science
fair project or just have some fun with a model hovercraft. If you
want a simple, low cost model hovercraft to see the principle in action
then take a look at our Easy-Build
hovercraft kit, its an ideal way to quickly get hovering. We supply full kits or parts to build your own model available
from our online Parts
Store.
If you want to make your own fully
radio controlled Hovercraft using a proven set of plans we also have just what
you need. Our Hover Hopper or ElectroCruiser plans. These are not just a set of drawings or
blueprints but much more than that. They contain a written construction
manual, video clips and a step by step building guide. Also
included are plans with detailed drawings and reference photographs. The
CD
is packed with all you need to build yourself a radio controlled
hovercraft model. Have a look at what our customers
have said about the results they got from using this CD to build their first
radio controlled hovercraft.
If
you want to get hovering quickly check out our
Griffon 2000TDX Kit, Its a very easy build kit. You can put together in one weekend and your ready to go. For a the ultimate in RC
Hovercraft take a look at our SR.N5,
SK5, HoverDart,
or ElectroCruiser kits. These fast, powerful
craft will operate on land or water and some feature forward and reverse
thrust capability.
Its time to get started and build your own
model! If you need something
you just can't find, please email
us.
Kevin
Jackson
 HOVERCRAFTmodels.com
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