Base


 * The picture below is of the bottom of the hovercraft. However, the board that is fastened in the center, is going to be rounded like the hovercraft. The inflation of the bottom works some. The cushion of air, caused by the holes blowing air in the space around the board, has proved to have a too low output for the task. The holes have remanied the same, with modifications made to the piece of wood in the middle. the board was thinned out in the middle to create a larger airpocket for the hover craft to ride on. || [[image:base width="188" height="217" caption="base"]] ||

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 * || We have continued building the hovercraft combining many parts. Our group worked with various other groups to come together and find the best placement of the chair, footpedals, steering, electrical, the fan, and even the fins. ||

Andrew Gibson, Addison Szumigala, Tom Makin, Kyle Damude
 * The base has a 32 in width and a 48 in height with a depth of 1.5 in. The bottom (shown below) has a piece a plywood on top, then blue insulation and finally the white rubber shower curtain. The bottom is inflated by a leaf blower. The original leaf blower was inaffective so the group and I substituted a new leaf blower which has adaquet power. || [[image:IMG_0462.JPG width="228" height="202" caption="IMG_0462.JPG"]] ||
 * The group also has been involved in many tests with the hovercraft for the weight, placement of holes, and the new blower. The tests showed that multiple ideas proved to be successful, such as: the persons weight and placement in the chair doesn't matter, the newer model is much better then the original and can fit inside the inflation tube much better due to a smaller blow pipe, the front 2 holes actually created problmes for the inflation of the hovercraft and as a result we had to seal them up as well as 2 other holes further back. |||| [[image:IMG_0647.JPG width="281" height="240" caption="IMG_0647.JPG"]] ||