JesusIsGonnaOwnSatan Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Click The “Hoverwing” took Mr Heeman 11 years to build, tens of thousands of dollars and lots of Kiwi ingenuity as the mechanic taught himself how to become a boat/plane builder - and more importantly, how to fly. The Hoverwing can fly up to speeds of 100km/hr, hovering three metres above the water (or ground). The working parts behind the flying boat are true Kiwi ingenuity. With the engine made from six different cars. Flippin' awesome. When are they going to make flying cars already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Dude, this is going to take off like effing hotcakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Don't mean to be a downer but it's just a boat with wings... now if it could go into Battroid mode then I'd be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Well, it looks cool I guess. But uh, like Mav said it's just a boat with wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 True, it isn't an anti gravity device like the Back To The Future hoverboard (as I don't recall there have been any major repeals to the laws of physics lately), but I can still see a market for it and it does more or less work for flying as well as water boating. Boaters and water sport peeps would get a kick out of something like this, wouldn't they? Maybe not an economic purchase, but it's there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheFish Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 It would be fun to ride, I'll say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Yeah, and I wouldn't mind being there to see the first jackass drunkenly fly it into a tree just after achieving liftoff. C'mon, you know it'll happen if this contraption ever gets to mass marketing stage..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 ^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I'm sure this flying boat will take off just like the Aqua Car did.... oh wai-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Yeah, and I wouldn't mind being there to see the first jackass drunkenly fly it into a tree just after achieving liftoff. C'mon, you know it'll happen if this contraption ever gets to mass marketing stage..... And get fined by both the DNR and the FAA. The gov't has to wet its beak, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Indubitably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 In eleven years with tens of thousands of dollars he did what many have done on a boring Sunday afternoon with a broken vacuum and a tarp. Congrats Kiwis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Oh c'mon Rhettski. Give the guy a break--at least until he flies it into the trees, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Don't mean to be a downer but it's just a boat with wings... now if it could go into Battroid mode then I'd be impressed.Don't say that, because then you'll end up with something like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Don't say that, because then you'll end up with something like this: If they have those then we gets our Valkyries!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True_Avery Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 It took him 11 YEARS and TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS to build a BOAT WITH WINGS?! ****, my friend built a hovercraft out of a lawn chair, an old factory vacuum and a round plywood board in, like, 4 hours and $20 and it worked like a charm. This idiot put wings on a boat! Sorry dude, but people have been doing this for years: http://www.seair.com/aboutus.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaplane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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