Paul FitzPatrick's explanation of the basic
principles of hovercraf design
Jon Bucknall's article explains what flow
straighteners do and how to use them to your
advantage
Paul FitzPatrick's Excel spreadsheet helps you
size and position pulleys
Thrust calculation for ducted fan
Understanding and Selecting Lift Fans - Paul
FitzPatrick
Estimating thrust and lift performance. Ian
Brooks' thorough walk through of the process of
choosing a fan, belt ratios and other aspects
of the lift system of a hovercraft.
Downloads
Technical documents
Club documents
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These documents have been written for the organisation of the Hovercraft Club of Great Britain only. The Hovercraft Club of Great Britain does not accept any liability or responsibility arising from the use of these documents for any other purpose.
Cruising Event Regulations Booklet 2006
New Driver Racing Guidelines 2008
National hovercraft Inland Racing Championship
Series Competition Regulations 2008
Initial scrutiny forms for racing craft
Initial scrutiny forms for cruising craft
Rules and Guidance for the running of national
inland race meetings
F35 Handbook Construction regulations and
guidlines for F35 craft.
Non racing periods procedures. This document
lists what should be done in order to operate
hovercraft at race meetings during the
non-racing periods. For example when giving
rides or proficiency tests.
2008 Race meeting cost calculator. This Excel
spreadsheet calculates the amount cost of
attanding a race meeting. By using this and
printing out the results you can speed up the
processing of your entery and site fees at the
HCGB inland championship meetings.
Construction regulations for inland racing
hovercraft
Here is a collection of files you may find useful.
We had technical papers explaining aspects of
hovercraft design, HCGB publications regarding
safety and event setup and management and things
that are just interesting.