Construction of Our Homebuilt UH-18SP Hovercraft


Control surfaces for the UH-18spw and UH-18sp Pictures of the control surfaces for both the 18spw and 18sp.
Hull Pictures of the UH-18sp foam and plywood hull being built.
Lift duct Pictures of the lift duct being installed in the nose of the hovercraft.
UH-18sp Cockpit The 1/8" plywood cockpit being put on the UH-18sp hovercraft hull.
Battery and Batt. Box Pictures of the the battery we are using and the battery box cut into the nose of the hovercraft, just in front of the lift duct.
Thrust duct. Construction of our Foam/Glass/plywood thrust duct for the 18sp hovercraft.
Engine Pictures of the EA-82 Subaru engine we got for the 18sp.
Engine mount Pictures of our engine mount For our EA-82 Subaru engine.
Seat/belt cover Our UH-18sp seat and belt cover.
Thrust and lift system Pictures of the thrust and lift systems for our UH-18sp single engine hovercraft.
Controls The Joystick and cable and pulley controls for the 18sp.
Skirt Pictures of the skirt being made and installed on the 18sp.
Exhaust system The Exhaust system on our subaru ea-82 hovercraft engine.
Windshield and Roof The Windshield and Roof made from conduit, plywood, and polycarbonate.
Electrical Pictures of the Electrical system for our UH-18sp Hovercraft.
Fuel system See the fuel system for our ea-82 subaru engine.
Radiator Pictures of the Radiator for our EA-82 subaru engine.
Throttle Our Bike brake throttle setup on the UH-18sp
Guards Pictures of the Gaurds on the thrust and lift ducts
Paint Painting our 18sp hovercraft to make it look fast sitting still..
Trailer Pictures of the trailer we modified for the 18sp.
The cost of our UH-18sp This is where you can see how much we spent on our 18sp. *PRICING FROM 2002*
The cost of our lift system This is where you can see how much we have spent on the lift system compaired to a dual engine craft. *PRICING FROM 2002*
vacuum bagging These are pictures of us testing our vacuum bagger



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