Zathras
03-09-2010, 07:58 PM
Now this is cool....
A New Zealand inventor has put a bizarre floating machine that can also take to the skies up for sale.
Mechanic Rudy Heeman took the model of a hovercraft to create the WIG or "wing in ground effective vehicle".
It rides like a normal hovercraft but, once it reaches a speed of 70km an hour, it becomes airborne.
It took Mr Heeman more than a decade to complete the machine.
LINK (http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Flying-Hovercraft-Inventor-New-Zealand-Mechanic-Rudy-Heeman-Auctions-WIG-Vehicle/Article/201003115563210?lpos=Strange_News_First_Home_Page_ Feature_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15563210_Flying_Hovercraft%3A_Inventor %2C_New_Zealand_Mechanic_Rudy_Heeman%2C_Auctions_W IG_Vehicle)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28lss0Wjp7A
A New Zealand inventor has put a bizarre floating machine that can also take to the skies up for sale.
Mechanic Rudy Heeman took the model of a hovercraft to create the WIG or "wing in ground effective vehicle".
It rides like a normal hovercraft but, once it reaches a speed of 70km an hour, it becomes airborne.
It took Mr Heeman more than a decade to complete the machine.
LINK (http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Flying-Hovercraft-Inventor-New-Zealand-Mechanic-Rudy-Heeman-Auctions-WIG-Vehicle/Article/201003115563210?lpos=Strange_News_First_Home_Page_ Feature_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15563210_Flying_Hovercraft%3A_Inventor %2C_New_Zealand_Mechanic_Rudy_Heeman%2C_Auctions_W IG_Vehicle)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28lss0Wjp7A