IAM SO DESPERATE I with hovercraft project

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A student is seeking assistance with a hovercraft project, specifically looking for calculations and formulas needed for the design. Suggestions include purchasing plans from hovercraft.com for smaller models and utilizing resources like a provided link to a relevant paper. Participants emphasize the abundance of information available online for hovercraft design. The discussion highlights the importance of thorough research to find necessary equations. Overall, the community encourages exploring various online resources for support in the project.
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IAM SO DESPERATE...I need help with hovercraft project

Hi everyone,

Iam a student designing and building a hovercraft project with other group members at school. my problem is that i can not find the actual calculations (equations and formulas) to start the start the design :confused: . please help


thank you
 
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You can buy plans for hovercraft.com
if you are not building a full sized hovercraft

also this may be helpful
http://dtyner.no-ip.com/papers/pathplan.pdf

there is a lot of stuff out there
just search google
 
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