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We are proud to be Neoteric Hovertrek dealer for Thailand.
Neoteric www.neoterichovercraft.com is the original light hovercraft manufacturer and the Hovertrek™ is the culmination of Neoteric’s 40 years of experience in light hovercraft design, development and engineering. Its aesthetically appealing design embodies all the advantages and advances Neoteric has innovated: side-by-side seating, fully enclosed cabin, highly developed reverse thrust for braking and maneuverability, more cockpit room, increased thrust and low weight. Engineered to satisfy expectations and to give long life and value for money, the Hovertrek™ is recognized as the industry standard for recreational personal hovercraft.
A hovercraft is an amphibious vehicle that is supported by a cushion of slightly pressurized air. Although often seen as a mysterious, even bizarre mode of transportation, it is conceptually quite simple. To understand how hovercraft work, it is necessary to realize that the dynamics are more closely related to aircraft than to boats or automobiles. As a member of the family of air cushion vehicles (ACVs) or ground effect machines, which includes wing-in-ground-effect or ram wings, surface effect ships, sidewall hovercraft, and surface skimmers, hovercraft, are the amphibious member of the air cushion vehicle family. They are the most novel among vehicles that are supported by pressurized air. Refer to the illustration below as you read about how hovercraft actually function.
Hovercraft float on a cushion of air that has been forced under the craft by a fan. This causes the craft to rise or lift. The amount of lift can range from 6" to 108" (152mm to 2,743mm) depending on the size of the craft. The amount of total weight that a hovercraft can raise is equal to cushion pressure multiplied by the area of the hovercraft. To make the craft function more efficiently, it is essential to limit the cushion air from escaping, so the air is contained by the use of what is called a skirt. Fashioned from fabric, which allows a deep cushion or clearance of obstacles, hovercraft skirts vary in style ranging from bags to cells (jupes) to separate fingered sections called segments. Most Neoteric hovercraft utilize the segmented skirt system because each segment can deflect individually when passing over bumps so that very little lift air is lost on uneven terrain.
Once "lifted" or "on cushion", thrust must be created to move the hovercraft forward. With many craft, this is generated by a separate engine from the one used to create the lift, but with some, the same engine is used for both. As the diagram above indicates, the fan-generated air stream is split so that part of the air is directed under the hull for lift, while most of it is used for thrust.
Now that the hovercraft has lift and thrust, it must be steered safely. This is achieved through the use of a system of rudders behind the fan, controlled by handlebars up front. Steering can also be controlled by the use of body weight displacement...a skill which is achieved after practice. As an option, Neoteric hovercraft offer patented, reverse thrust buckets as another means of control. This is the only system available today that enables the driver to reverse at speed, to maintain cushion at speed, to regulate speed going downwind, to hover while stationary and to brake (a must on ice).
View our 1st test drive at Yacht Haven Marina on YouTube
Hovertrek Fun in Thailand - Phuketbutler.com
For more infomation and test drive, please contact authorized dealer; The Butler Group Co.,Ltd.
Tel:+668 6475 7788, +668 7276 7997, +668 1842 3961
Neoteric www.neoterichovercraft.com is the original light hovercraft manufacturer and the Hovertrek™ is the culmination of Neoteric’s 40 years of experience in light hovercraft design, development and engineering. Its aesthetically appealing design embodies all the advantages and advances Neoteric has innovated: side-by-side seating, fully enclosed cabin, highly developed reverse thrust for braking and maneuverability, more cockpit room, increased thrust and low weight. Engineered to satisfy expectations and to give long life and value for money, the Hovertrek™ is recognized as the industry standard for recreational personal hovercraft.
A hovercraft is an amphibious vehicle that is supported by a cushion of slightly pressurized air. Although often seen as a mysterious, even bizarre mode of transportation, it is conceptually quite simple. To understand how hovercraft work, it is necessary to realize that the dynamics are more closely related to aircraft than to boats or automobiles. As a member of the family of air cushion vehicles (ACVs) or ground effect machines, which includes wing-in-ground-effect or ram wings, surface effect ships, sidewall hovercraft, and surface skimmers, hovercraft, are the amphibious member of the air cushion vehicle family. They are the most novel among vehicles that are supported by pressurized air. Refer to the illustration below as you read about how hovercraft actually function.
Hovercraft float on a cushion of air that has been forced under the craft by a fan. This causes the craft to rise or lift. The amount of lift can range from 6" to 108" (152mm to 2,743mm) depending on the size of the craft. The amount of total weight that a hovercraft can raise is equal to cushion pressure multiplied by the area of the hovercraft. To make the craft function more efficiently, it is essential to limit the cushion air from escaping, so the air is contained by the use of what is called a skirt. Fashioned from fabric, which allows a deep cushion or clearance of obstacles, hovercraft skirts vary in style ranging from bags to cells (jupes) to separate fingered sections called segments. Most Neoteric hovercraft utilize the segmented skirt system because each segment can deflect individually when passing over bumps so that very little lift air is lost on uneven terrain.
Once "lifted" or "on cushion", thrust must be created to move the hovercraft forward. With many craft, this is generated by a separate engine from the one used to create the lift, but with some, the same engine is used for both. As the diagram above indicates, the fan-generated air stream is split so that part of the air is directed under the hull for lift, while most of it is used for thrust.
Now that the hovercraft has lift and thrust, it must be steered safely. This is achieved through the use of a system of rudders behind the fan, controlled by handlebars up front. Steering can also be controlled by the use of body weight displacement...a skill which is achieved after practice. As an option, Neoteric hovercraft offer patented, reverse thrust buckets as another means of control. This is the only system available today that enables the driver to reverse at speed, to maintain cushion at speed, to regulate speed going downwind, to hover while stationary and to brake (a must on ice).
View our 1st test drive at Yacht Haven Marina on YouTube
Hovertrek Fun in Thailand - Phuketbutler.com
For more infomation and test drive, please contact authorized dealer; The Butler Group Co.,Ltd.
Tel:+668 6475 7788, +668 7276 7997, +668 1842 3961
