To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first hovercraft a show was held at the museum, where i am storing the craft over the summer.
5 racing craft flew around a small circuit to show the crowd what it was all about, generating a lot of interest! Thanks to Nikki Turnbull for the pic and thanks [...]
Racing Diary
Here's my racing diary, to keep you up to date on all my races and events!
Hovershow 50 at the hovercraft museum
Saturday, July 25th, 2009Round 4- Claydon House
Monday, July 20th, 2009Last year at Claydon house it was the craft’s first outing, this year we came away with our best result ever- 2nd overall and the first race win!
It was borderline whether or not i would be racing at this event due to my elbow so i was sitting on the grid of the first race [...]
3rd Round- Rother Valley
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009Being the plonker that i am i managed to smash up my elbow so had to give this race a miss, very annoying since i was looking forward to the mostly water course, with long sweeping curves! Just the sort of thing my craft loves! In spite of the great racing i missed (watched live [...]
2nd Round- Magnoll’s farm near Manchester (again)
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009A return to this venue again with the wind direction changed made for a very different course.
This was to be another 3 day weekend but as it was right in the middle of uni exams i had to leave a day early (and still failed Tuesday’s exam but hey). This meant i could only [...]
1st Race of 2009- Magnoll’s farm near Manchester 3rd Overall!
Sunday, May 10th, 2009This course is famed for its weather after being abandoned due to high winds last season and there was a fair breeze this year.
There is a straight going up the hill and coming back down which are both easy places to get the craft flying depending on the wind… Theres also a tight hairpin [...]
Rebuilding before season
Friday, April 10th, 2009The craft was completely stripped down and checked over- as its the first hull from this mould i knew there would be some bits that needed reinforcement. The glass (most people use aluminium) angle around the edge and core foam i used in this hull was damaged in a number of places where there had [...]
Awarded Concours D’elegance Trophy
Monday, March 9th, 2009We have been awarded the Concours D’elegance trophy for the new craft which makes a lot off the effort put into the craft seem worth it and shows that it has been noticed!
Last event of the UK season at Whittlebury, Silverstone
Saturday, September 20th, 2008This was the first UK event for the new craft to be competing rather than testing, and it was a brand new venue. You don’t see on google maps, but when we arrived it turned out most of the course was on a fairly steep hill! Hovercraft tend to drift down the contours and accelerate [...]
World Hovercraft Championship 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden
Monday, August 18th, 2008Camracing is 4th in the world!
Our first major international event was a success in spite stiff competition and exploding engines… Initially our craft, number 37, qualified 4th on the grid for the first race and took four 3rd places out of the six races. The course was mostly water with some very long straights on [...]
4th round of the UK national champs near Southampton
Saturday, July 26th, 2008The new craft goes… too fast maybe as I managed to flip it and dislocate my shoulder…
It hadnt taken too much time to fix the damage from the first meeting, a new lift shaft, just standard aluminium tube and a few safety bits that were recommended by scrutineers at Claydon.
The craft felt good [...]