Have been hard at work on the new hover for the last week but its unlikely to be done for Rother Valley in Sheffield, which is a shame as its one of the courses i still havn’t raced before. My bag skirt would love the long water straight…
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Bolting bits together!
Monday, June 14th, 2010Most of the bits have now been made and am now at the assembly stage, progress, but not sure if it will be done in 2weeks! We will try anyway! Read More
Towcester 2010
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Raced at Towcester, the first weekend of the season 8-9th May. Read More
Assembly
Friday, April 23rd, 2010Have started assembling the craft, and hope to bring it to it’s first race towards the end of June.
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Rush rush rush!
Sunday, April 4th, 2010Doesnt seem to be enough time to get everything done but we will see!
We have been assembling the duct with its stiffening ring and flow straighteners, which are now on their way to being a complete unit. The honeycomb has come out very stiff and the stators have connected in nicely. Read More
Moving along with the new craft
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Orange Peril Build Update
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010Various moulds have been built and foam cores sanded to shape for parts of the thrust duct assembly. Read More
Orange Build update
Monday, November 2nd, 2009The skirts for the new craft will be made at Cameron Balloons in Bristol, the largest hot air balloon manufacturer in the world. Read More
Round 7- Last of the season at Towcester race course
Saturday, September 26th, 2009Before Towcester I had time to give the craft a full once over and managed to change the chipped thrust blades for a set of cleaned, balanced blades.
Round 6- Jake’s Place near Leicester
Saturday, September 12th, 2009This was my first time racing this course with a faster craft and in practice i was pretty scared by the jumps going in and out of the water. After a few laps i got into it and the craft felt really stable when it was jumping.