Today we met up on November 15th. Our group decided on a hovercraft design for our project. The design for the project consists of a chassis (preferably made from a foam material), and a skirt for the bottom of the hovercraft to catch the lift air. Two fans will be used in the design, one for the hover aspect and another for the propulsion of the hover craft. obviously weight will be a very large factor when trying to lift the device. The second biggest challenge will be weight distribution of the craft to make it stay a float
The hovering portion of the aircraft will be the most complicated part of the design. A fan located in the middle of the chassis will preferably push air in a horizontal direction (this quality could possibly be obtained with a computer fan). This air will then be caught by skirts (possibly made from plastic or rubber) and provide the lift force needed to keep the hovercraft aloft.
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