Wow! this is so much fun on the ice,...and fast!
I really enjoy winter hovering, but the technique is a little different.
You don't have to drain the skirt for one thing, and stopping takes
much longer,..plan ahead.
A few times my thrust motor stalled, and I had no steering control,
just drifting along with no control,..scary.
I also built a windshield for the winter, and I'm glad I did. It's very cold. I'm pretty certain I can hit 35 mph, maybe faster. I am going to borrow a GPS to find out what the top speed is.
The other day I went out while there was a skiff of fluffy snow. That
made it nearly impossible to see. The windshield froze up, and I couldn't
see through these old goggles I found. I almost frost bit my face peering
over the windshield. Also, the blowing snow was getting into the carburator
and icing it up.
It's better when the snow is packed down a bit and not so fluffy. With
the right conditions, you can go very fast.
Hovering with the family dog:
In the background, this shot also shows the path I use to take my hover
down to the resevoir.
I put it on hover, and walk it down, I lift up the nose to slow it
down. On the way up, I walk beside it and use the thrust motor. It's too
steep to carry me.
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