UPDATE: 07/02/07
I've been meaning to do some work on the old Porsche and the old house, but the hovercraft is still fresh in my mind so I started to take it apart for repairs and updates.
To do list:
1. Replace stern skirt and modify the rear bottom hull lip so it does not chop it in half again. Thinking round tube covered in rubber all across the edge.
2. Repair bow skirt and add outer fabric wear material. I have several complex and cool ideas for this, but I have to make it simple so my wife doing the sewing will still say yes to helping out.
3. The side skirts have no wear at all. All the damage to the skirt was done by contact with the hull. There are a couple of holes made by sticks and sharp river rocks; changes in materials should take care of this.
4. I'm sealing up air leaks to get more lift (closing off weeps and duct joint leaks) and balancing out the air pressure between the captured air bubble under the craft and the bag skirts. This should give me more or better lift under conditions such as banking/turning and stopping.
5. Finish up duct lining and feather the edges for more thrust and revise the splitter so there is enough thrust to get over hump speed on water.
Link to pictures:
http://s184.photobucket.com/albums/x295/kach22i/