(...) That was the SRN1 - the worlds first working full-sized hovercraft - which (amazingly) didn't have a skirt. You can see a picture of it here: (URL) Steve Baker ---...--- HomeEmail: <sjbaker1@airmail.net> WorkEmail: <sjbaker@link.com> HomePage (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
(...) Several of the original hovercraft didn't have skirts, they were the running board sitting on the ground. There is a simple childrens science experiment to demonstrate the effect. Take a sewing thread spool (the old wood kind work best) and (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)