Taiyo Edge Hovercraft

[Racer9]

Does anyone have any stuff on the Edge Hovercraft?
BTW Is $90 plus shipping okay for these?
I think it is a little bit high priced!

[Shypo]

are they the bright yellow or blue ones?

we used to have em at my work for $160AU

If we get mroe In i could prolly do you a better deal Racer9 becos of my staff discount:smiley2:

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[Racer9]

Yeah thats them!
Thanks!
😯

[Shypo]

No worries.. gimme a coupla weeks and I’ll see if we get anymore in..

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[Racer9]

sure

[Aaron]

I must admit to having been tempted by them… I figure they could be souped up a bit 😉

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[Impreza]

Pics???

Impreza :smiley16:

[Racer9]

Taiyoedge.com

[barto_85]

they look pretty cool. how fast do they go and how far is the range?

[PandaBear]

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… I figure they could be souped up a bit 😉

These were the rage in Oz at the 2002 Toy Show… however
it probably doesn’t lend itself to too many mods.

One fan/motor for lifting, one for drive. Rudder steering.
The thing seems to run OK as is, extra power in the motors
would only drain the batteries faster.

The electronic speed control might also need attention before
you do anything to the motors; no spareparts sold separately.

For that level of $$, one could just about build a swamp boat
from a scratch and invest in some more real RC equipment.

[SurfmyStrat]

hey, i dont know if this was discussed before, but shypo do you work at a hobby store?

you are currently at: http://www.ausmicro.com

[jamiekulhanek]

Just wondering, since these things have almost no friction, it’d be fairly quick, right? or is it horribly limited by a gutless motor?

If life is a waste of time, and time is a waste of life, then let’s get wasted and have the time of our lives!!

[Shypo]

Surf: Nah man i dont

[PandaBear]

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Just wondering, since these things have almost no friction, it’d be fairly quick, right? or is it horribly limited by a gutless motor?

Hovercrafts aren’t friction-free, only as much as a bride’s dress.
It lifts thru air pumped into a rubber skirt, and this skirt does
brush against the ground.

Large vessels like the English Channel crafts need huge turbofans
to provide the lift and thrust… just like airplanes.
It is nowhere as ‘free’ as maglev.

Imho I’d call it an aircraft… ‘cos if you want more motor power,
you need more fuel/batteries which means more mass to carry & lift.
Big catch 22 there.

[Cranga]

Probably is similar to the old TAIYO RC Typhoon hovercraft in the early 90’s, was pretty sad effort, i think it had either a six or eight AA cell batterypack, it was way to slowwww, but a cool idea at the time!

Edited by – Cranga on 03 July 2003 16:11:34

[Shypo]

they arrived today

$147Au inc my staff discount

postage be about $16 i reckon

want one Racer?

[Racer9]

how much is that equal to in US dollars?

[Shypo]

http://www.xe.com

have a look.

[Shypo]

Do you want it or not Racer9.. we have 3 left.
blue or greeny colour.

[Cranga]

Shypo,

Do you have those small electric toy aircraft (newish release) with the V type tail in your shop?:blush:

[Cranga]

Shypo, ive done a bit of study, and i think its called HobbyZone Outlaw or something like that.

[ms char-ged]

cranga, long time no speak, are we doing this deal or not, please pm me asap, or if you have msn messnger, please add me to your list meierintheshell@hotmail.com

[Racer9]

I might just buy a real one to use! Check out Hovertechnics.com

[peedee]

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I might just buy a real one to use! Check out Hovertechnics.com

yes i must agree ive owned a taiyo edge hovercraft if you get one expect to have to wait 4 hrs to charge 4 a 8 min run and be carefull taking it out on water i drove mine out about 5 meters and the battery died i lost it down a waterfall i would agree just get a real one

[Shypo]

Cranga: I will have a look 4 you dude.

[trash]

Hovercraft are in theory frictionless.
Like everything in the real universe, even maglev trains have air friction to deal with. But in general terms hovercraft are frictionless.
I have a real hovercraft and a taiyo rc. They both handle exactly the same, though I can weightshift my real hc, where the RC is purely controls. It just makes them a little harder to drive. Weightshifting you move your body weight around to make certian parts of the hull touch the water or ground and the friction helps turn
the hc around much quicker.
As anybody been able to make their RC plough in ? On a real HC, if you are running tail wind or at high speed, a nasty thing can happen where the front of the HC loses it’s ground effect and comes in contact with the surface. At high speed
the results can be nasty. Being thrown out over the front or worse, flipping or rolling with the hull landing on top of you. I haven’t been able to do it on my RC running full speed in a tailwind.

[Racer9]

I have mine but I haven’t opened it yet cause I got it for my birthday! Cool! What real hovercraft do you have?

[trash]

actually just found this one too.

http://www.microrccenter.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11945

[Racer9]

What hovercraft do you have? My R/C is pretty fast. I plan on getting a high performance NiMH battery pack for it.:)

[Racer9]

I got it to plough in out of my garage onto the driveway but it didn’t flip.

[trash]

hehe, to be honest I couldn’t remember. I had 5 days to play with it at home before I had to go away and work overseas again. I just had a quick look for it on the web. It’s a typhoon T-3 I think, camo green, unless you’re talking about my real hovercraft. It’s an Expo-4. They are different types of hovercraft.
The taiyo can hover without having to move forward
because of the fan in the hull. The expo ducts air from the fan into the skirt. It won’t fly unless the revs are up and you’ve basically moving forward.
This is the same as mine, except it’s red.
http://www.qhs.biz/second.htm

[trash]

just found a pic of it …
check my gallery pics…

[Racer9]

Cool!

[trash]

Saw some new HC’s in Hong Kong last week.
Chinese Military Landing craft. They’re about 1/2 size of the typhoons. Still big by my standards, I hope to duplicate Tim’s micro HC, but with ducted air instead of forced air. See how it goes.
I’m also thinking of an ekronplane and other WIG craft now… it’ll take a bit more thinking to make one work, but I’m sure it can be done.

[Racer9]

huh?

[trash]

is that “huh” about chinese HC or Tim’s HC ?

[Racer9]

Tim’s

[trash]

check out http://www.microrccenter.com

look in forum.. Tim is a young fella in NZ who built a micro HC. He’s also built a bit sub and a few planes. I read a few forums when I get the chance, mostly this one because it’s australian and that one because it seems to have the most users.
with broad topics.

[Racer9]

cool!

[trash]

I had a idea today.
Big W had the larger RC hovercraft on sale the past week for $90, they are now back to $140. Doh ! But looking around in their toy section I found another small hovercraft for $12 !!
It isn’t RC, it has a control lead, but 30 seconds ripping that off and replacing it with a BCG brain and you’re in business !

[micro_Amps]

Sounds good, are you going to go ahead with one?
:)uA

[trash]

yeah, add it to the list of … “things to do.”

At the moment, it’s all hands on deck for my foamie 737. Then I just got to find me some space to fly the sucker !

[leonli17]

Do u know what’s the $12 hovercraft called?

[trash]

I don’t remeber… but if you give me a day or so, I’ll pop in and have a peek, might just buy one and store it for later abuse. It’s only small, about 20cm long and 10cm wide with a single thruster engine.

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folow this link http://www.toyeast.com/v2/proddetail2.asp?pdtid=A04000347 to see the newest micro hovercraft

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