YARP
09-09-2011, 07:49 AM
Last night I swing by my buddys house to pick up my truck that he's been working on and see him flying around his backyard/pond on a hovercraft. I think to myself "this guy buys the most ridiculous toys" and walk out side to check it out. I have limited experiance with these from the FD river and ice rescue. They are, to say the least, a ridiculous amount of fun. Controllable? only some what and even that takes alot of practice. It's kind of like drifting in a sports car, except your "drifting" 90% of the time:shock:!
So he asks if I want to take it for a spin which is a no brainer. I jump in the drivers seat and low and behold in jumps my dog. I wasn't to surprised since it's a vehicle and he does go everywhere with me, but I thought he would shy away from the absolutely obnoxious noise of the fan. We get started and I realize that he's literally having the time of his life standing on the front of the hover, ears back, wind whipping in his face, barking his head off at anything and everything. This really has nothing to do with what I'm getting at other then I can't tell you how much enjoyment I got out of it as well as my pup. He can't stand boats (except for flat bottoms) so it was a pretty cool experiance to get him on the water.
After we got over driving in circles (or should I say drifting:biggrin:!) I told my buddy I hadn't had that much fun in months. He says to me "good, welcome to our new duck and deer blind, you better get used to sitting in it for hours on end". I'd heard of people using them as duck boats but never seen it. He showed me the camo he had made for it (kind of like a quick set blind) and showed me a few spots that we'll be hunting on the map this year. These are spots that people wish they could get to, you know the ones where you wonder how the hell deer got there. We've been looking at these spots since we were kids but have never gotten the chance to hunt them due to water and being able to get the deer out of there as well as just getting ourselves and our gear out of there. I'm expecting this season to be epic and will be taking more then one whitetail for jerky and freezer meat for once.
Ok, to the meat of said discussion. Hovercrafts, who has one here? What do you use it for? Was yours a homebuilt or commercially bought? Has anyone served any time on one? What other uses other then fun and recreation would you use it for if you had one? What kind of insurance do you need on it? Tell me more for those with knowledge!
Looks like fun, doesn't it!?
http://www.youtube.com/user/UniversalHovercraft#p/a/u/2/QXm7z3i-OEg
http://www.youtube.com/user/UniversalHovercraft#p/u/0/Ju7e3E0JMlY
So he asks if I want to take it for a spin which is a no brainer. I jump in the drivers seat and low and behold in jumps my dog. I wasn't to surprised since it's a vehicle and he does go everywhere with me, but I thought he would shy away from the absolutely obnoxious noise of the fan. We get started and I realize that he's literally having the time of his life standing on the front of the hover, ears back, wind whipping in his face, barking his head off at anything and everything. This really has nothing to do with what I'm getting at other then I can't tell you how much enjoyment I got out of it as well as my pup. He can't stand boats (except for flat bottoms) so it was a pretty cool experiance to get him on the water.
After we got over driving in circles (or should I say drifting:biggrin:!) I told my buddy I hadn't had that much fun in months. He says to me "good, welcome to our new duck and deer blind, you better get used to sitting in it for hours on end". I'd heard of people using them as duck boats but never seen it. He showed me the camo he had made for it (kind of like a quick set blind) and showed me a few spots that we'll be hunting on the map this year. These are spots that people wish they could get to, you know the ones where you wonder how the hell deer got there. We've been looking at these spots since we were kids but have never gotten the chance to hunt them due to water and being able to get the deer out of there as well as just getting ourselves and our gear out of there. I'm expecting this season to be epic and will be taking more then one whitetail for jerky and freezer meat for once.
Ok, to the meat of said discussion. Hovercrafts, who has one here? What do you use it for? Was yours a homebuilt or commercially bought? Has anyone served any time on one? What other uses other then fun and recreation would you use it for if you had one? What kind of insurance do you need on it? Tell me more for those with knowledge!
Looks like fun, doesn't it!?
http://www.youtube.com/user/UniversalHovercraft#p/a/u/2/QXm7z3i-OEg
http://www.youtube.com/user/UniversalHovercraft#p/u/0/Ju7e3E0JMlY