Festo - Hovercraft Vector

www.festo.com/cms/de_corp/9764... - Ein Luftkissenfahrzeug mit Schubvektorsteuerung
Bionik trifft Pneumatik -- nach diesem Motto entstehen immer wieder neue Ideen mit Luft im Bionic Learning Network. Das Luftkissenfahrzeug Hovercraft ist ein Paradebeispiel für höchst präzises Manövrieren über Land und Wasser.
www.festo.com/cms/en_corp/9764... - A hovercraft with thrust vectoring
The meeting of bionics with pneumatics is the source for ever more new ideas for the use of air in the Bionic Learning Network. The hovercraft is a perfect example of highly precise manoeuvring over land and water.

[@saw4fire]

The controls may be the biggest achievement. Converting an intuitive motion into the appropriate movements of the outputs is not a simple problem, but it appears to be a simple solution.

[@anzaeria]

Looks like it came straight out of a science fiction movie. I could imagine a law enforcement officer from the future riding one.

[@sanoonbs]

how are you going to handle the noise problem? and the air suction near the driver?
and the unbalanced turning?
how about its energy efficiency? and cost?

[@hazyhalfmoon]

probably doesn't work well on ground that isn't perfectly flat. What is the wear and tear on that rubber?

[@rerere284]

This looks like the hl2 airboat :O
does it work on water?

[@Blowtotype]

It's one of the little golf carts from Space Mutiny!

[@xtratec17]

festo es lo máximo

[@MrBranboom]

It needs a second thruster on the front. That should make it much more capable of handling centrifugal inertia.

[@jjff1973]

How so, can you explain?

[@sanoonbs]

@wiwn00 im actually wondering, its interesting to see this thing evolve

[@Zappygunshot]

They should have parked the thing precisely on one of those parking spots.

[@RafaelBenedicto]

That skirt is vibrating real bad. Needs an anti-bounce web inside

[@ezernetoguitar]

haha, i want this to go to school!

[@nizarmahyuda9555]

Sanga menarik untuk dikembang menjadi transportasi massal di Indonesia dengan kontut jalan yg rusak.

[@harrislovell6857]

good bro

[@spacejamie7472]

Ah. Solid German engineering.

[@emikochan13]

very james bond :)

[@ArticHunter]

this isn't the first air cushion hovercraft either.

[@dre857]

Prop from a 1980's sci fi movie

[@vincedgarvlogs]

Early version of a flying car

[@Darkgon101]

Farting noises. nuff said.