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# Hehe
Hovercraft don't hover *FACT*

Night.
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:06, archived)
# well
they certainly don't burrow, so what do they do smartarse?
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:07, archived)
# scurry
(vork and burlap, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:08, archived)
# course they fucking do.
define hovering.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:08, archived)
# I think hovering
is being off the ground

technically the skirt still touches

ergo floater craft

hmm a ship made of shit so crazy it might...


no no it wouldn't
(I helped save b3ta! Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:10, archived)
# just tie butter-side-up toast and upside down cats to the bottom
and it'll hover.
(I helped save b3ta! _null_, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:11, archived)
# hahaha
true, I'm trying to imagine a craft like that
(I helped save b3ta! Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:13, archived)
# Exactly.
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:11, archived)
# the skirt is just there
to keep the air in. it doesn't hold any weight. and the air is also squirting (technical term) out the bottom so there could be times when it isn't touching the ground at all.

this post was not written by and expert, or even someone who knows anything about hovercrafts. and therefore may be wrong.
(I helped save b3ta! dipdapdop, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:18, archived)
# Yes, it floats on a cushion of air
(I helped save b3ta! hazzamon I've nothing better to do, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:22, archived)
# Not touching the ground
for more than...a while
(I helped save b3ta! dogsbollocks, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:10, archived)
# so
skydivers hover?

evening :)
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:12, archived)
# hahaha
hmmm

knows the one will run and run

lo
(I helped save b3ta! Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:14, archived)
# hi :)
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:16, archived)
# *waves*
I feel hungry

think I'll eat

want anything from the fridge
(I helped save b3ta! Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:23, archived)
# sure
a glass of orange juice would be nice :)
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:27, archived)
# *hands over juice*
just waiting for a curry well something to heat up
(I helped save b3ta! Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:31, archived)
# mmm thanks
I'm considering going and cooking a pizza

All I have to eat is ramen noodles, pizza and pies

the pies were $0.52 a piece and the pizzas were 2 for $3.50.

ramen are 8 for a dollar

woo student food
(I helped save b3ta! kitty meow meow, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:33, archived)
# I've seen em do that...
on telly they are falling fast as fuck and then they pull the cord and they, like, float up and hover for along time.*


*100% fact
(Pouched_species, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:15, archived)
# no I think
you confuse hover with fall slowly
(I helped save b3ta! Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:17, archived)
# so a hovercraft
is falling slowly?

you are pulling my leg now, I can tell!
(Pouched_species, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:19, archived)
# no
a hover craft isn't technically hovering but floating

the sky divers just appear to hover
(I helped save b3ta! Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:21, archived)
# So,
skydivers 'just appear' and then hover in skirts?
or
do hovercrafts float while hovering in a downward direction?
(Pouched_species, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:22, archived)
# argh
*bangs head on desk*

this isn't even my argument

/walks away
(I helped save b3ta! Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:24, archived)
# jumping
leaving the ground for only short periods of time. Maybe hovercraft jump
(gamera, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:23, archived)
# I think you
have it!

wildheart was confusing me with skirted floating skydivers.

so, to round up,

hovercrafts jump up and down very fast and only 'look' like they are hovering! brilliant and yet another classic British invention!
(Pouched_species, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:27, archived)
# *grabs bat*
*stomps around looking for things to hit*
(I helped save b3ta! Wildheart Baby. Drunken Mess In A Good Way, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:28, archived)
# Don't know what to snigger about
"The hovercraft was invented by Christopher Cockerell in 1956. The theory behind one of the most successful inventions of the 20th century, the Hovercraft, was originally tested in 1955 using an empty KiteKat cat food tin inside a coffee tin, an industrial air blower and a pair of kitchen scales"

The name Cockerell or the hovering kitekat cans?
(gamera, Mon 3 Nov 2003, 0:31, archived)