Not a Plane.. BUT It's Close

by EZ Air | December 5, 2013 | (5) Posted in Projects

So i started making an air boat (swamp buggy) out of adams form board and here we go 

 

first i cut out the long pieces for the main frame 20"x2"

then i cut out the width wise pieces which are from a 10"x2" Piece 

then i used a hot glue gun to glue everthing together and made a few adjustments 

sorry for the lack of pictures i did the rest of the manufacturing in school as a tech design project 

and this is the finished product wrapped in the real duct tape (aluminum tape)

NOTE: unlike the foamies where you leave the paper on you MUST take the paper off of the foam for these boats Eg. this is the Mk 2 and on the Mk 1 i learned the hard way and kept the paper on and it kind of fell arpart in the middle of my pond 

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KJ4CCH on December 9, 2013
This is pretty cool! Someone built one that featured a glow engine, and it had so much power! Will it run up on grass? Cool build man!
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EZ Air on December 9, 2013
yeah it runs great on grass and even with this little motor it has alot of torque

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Bellows on December 15, 2014
Hi , I started a thread about Air Boats in the Flite Test forum and I included a link to your article. I hope it sparks discussion,
http://forum.flitetest.com/showthread.php?14372-FT-article-inspired-Foamboard-Air-Boat-on-SNow
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Not a Plane.. BUT It's Close