r/c Model Hovercraft
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From left to right and top to bottom: "foot craft" kick controlled...... 1991 "Morais" a bold friend of mine. 1991 All Wood .................................... 1992 All Metal .................................... 1992 Twin engine powered one..........1992 |
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Second
generation Birth : (fibreglass)...1993 My first fibreglass R/C Model.
1/4scale 750 mm long, unsinkable, featuring a real driving pilot at scale,
performed 35Km/hour powered by a .40 glow-plug engine. The ground clearance
is 30mm and has a 3,5Kg weight ( full tank and batteries included), nylon bag
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Twin
engine powered model. Reverse thrust ,remote operated aileron and finger type
skirt. The fastest (45 Km/hour on chronograph), but ... as a friend used to say: " When
you have two engines you have two troubles"! It was 5 servos equipped and required a 4
channel radio. |
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1/3scale
gas powered model.1998 This one stills under construction ,
it's my last prototype. Bigger than all (1 meter long), it was projected for gas engines. You don't have
to carry on the starter, extra glow-plugs, battery and lots of expensive
methanol . Eventually it requires
more powerful servos, however you just buy the gas anywhere (it seeks the end
of the carburettor and maintenance troubles that we use to experience on
glow-plug engines). |
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When I saw real
hovercrafts for the first time in my life, I travelled about 300 Km with an r/c
model hovercraft in my car´s trunk. It was a race at Ofir-Portugal
included in the 1992 European Championships, I was afraid of taking my
model out of the car because of the very strong winds, so strong that even
the big-ones stopped to race. It was my second model, "Morais"! Three
years later, 1995 World and Speed
Race Championships at Régua-Portugal,
I travelled with another one, made of fibreglass That time I was
pleased by meeting Mr Bob Windt (World Speed Champion
in the events) whom invited me and some family for a small cruise in his
"Tri-Flyer" at Douro river. I enjoyed it a lot and invited Mr Windt to take a close look at my fibreglass
nitro-powered r/c model hovercraft . I ran the model after the races wile
"Bob" and some other pilots where "flying" on the
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At that time, I also met Mr José
Carvalho, 1998 Portuguese F1 Hovercraft Champion and owner
of the "Superpoliester Hovercraft Team", he had two hovercraft
racing in the events. In sequence of Régua events, my unnamed fibreglass
model turned into a Factory made Model due to an agreement between me and
Mr Carvalho also owner of the
"Superpoliester" factory, that we named "FURY". "FURY" was made in
accordance to the pieces I supplied
the factory in order to build brand new casts for a mass production. "Superpoliester"
people, had the knowledge of doing real, racing hovercraft and I had 5 years
of doing model hovercraft, so… I worked myself, in the factory about two
weeks together with his own personnel and
we did a great job, we finished two prototypes during 1996, one
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"FURY" has a glow plug .46 engine and
requires a two-channel radio with 3 standard servos (or just two
hi-torque servos). Is a 1/4 scale model with a real moving pilot
also at scale, length is 80 cm and weights 5 Kg. It is unsinkable, reaches almost 40Km/hour
and the ground clearance is 3 cm. It is made of P.R.F.V. and
has a neoprene bag type skirt. "FURY"
is not being produced... It was a dream never came thru, but is not dead! We thought we could do everything since production to
market… I performed
"FURY" in several Sports events and Fairs whom "Superpoliester"
participated running as well his Formula 1 hovercraft, and sometimes both
were "flying" together. The last show was at PORTO- EXPONOR 1997
"Porto Racing Show". |
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To see my Model Hovercrafts running all around the World! |
To brake the Speed Race
Record, with my own design hovercraft. I am working on it since the 1995 Speed Races at Régua. It is a new concept
of the hovercraft shape, aerodynamics, lift and balance system … …Crazy ? no! I just have a problem, the (almost) everybody problem, yes, the $ problem! |
My Idols: Leonardo
da Vinci Collin Chapman Christopher Cockerell Ayrton
Senna |
My Readings : Hovercraft R/C Models Aerodynamics Robotics Technology/Science Cars; Sci-Fi; U.F.O. … |
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Marta
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Are
You A Dreamer ? Contact me : ccamoesas@netc.pt Hovercraft links : |
....................Thanks to My Brother José Alberto :
............... for the tools and machines. |
My Friend E. Grilo:............................. for P/C Hardware and Software help. |
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At last but not the least : My Wife and my daugther Manuela and Marta ...............For
the Time that I`m allways taking them! |
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