On the banks of Lac Bellevue in Alberta, Canada, Robert Tymofichuk approached two women on lawn chairs. He had an unusual question. Did they mind if he launched his hovercraft nearby? After 1,800 ...

Okay, so a 26-year-old graduate student in San Francisco wants you to pledge him money so that he can finish building his — are you ready? — Delorean hovercraft. Matthew Riese, who says he owes this ...

First cut a 1.2-metre-diameter circle from out of the 2cm-thick plywood. Put your leaf blower -- it doesn't matter if it's petrol or electric, it's up to you -- in the middle and then figure out where ...

Using a bicycle, a plastic bag, a fan and pieces of wood, some Centennial High School students have made a human-powered Hovercraft that can carry as many as five passengers a foot above the ground.

Deer Run Elementary School fifth-graders had one task. They needed to figure out how to move students about 15 feet without touching the ground. So they built a hovercraft. Teacher Mac McNeil led the ...

The science pros at TKOR build a lighter-than-air DIY hovercraft on a small budget, showing physics, engineering, and lift in action.