Built Hovercraft

Built Hovercraft

Jim's home built R/C hovercraft

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Kinetic Contraptions (Paperback) $15.1 Provides step-by-step instructions for building two dozen hobby motor projects using readily available materials, in a guide for budding engineers that includes such examples as a mechanical bubble maker, a double paddle-wheeler and a waterless snow gl...

How can I calculate if the air from a motor/fan will be enough to lift a hovercraft I'm building?

Also how can I know that it can compensate for the air lost that comes out from under the skirt?

Better to measure.
Direct the output of the fan into a closed plenum.
Measure the pressure in the plenum.
If the pressure times the footprint area of your hovercraft is greater than the weight, it will lift.
The air loss at the skirt is self regulating.
If the pressure drops, the craft sinks making the gap and thus the loss smaller.
(It would be prudent to allow some extra flow for sideways movement.)

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