With
corivax and
xmurf's help, I got the mark III hovercraft running last night. It could support one of us standing on it, but only just. The bag skirt works pretty well, but it obviously needs to be attached on both sides, so it can't fold under. Which means making another one with twice as much sewing this time. The single vacuum-cleaner motor just isn't providing enough power, though. I think I'll add another motor before revisiting the skirt issue, to get to a working platform. Not very elegant, but this is still just a test system.
( Some pics, nothing too interesting )
( Some pics, nothing too interesting )