Original hovercraft manufacturer - MAD Hovercraft - hovercraft for sale
MAD Hovercraft construction and quality
MAD hovercraft are fabricated as composites of vinyl ester reinforced glass fibres and AIREX. Construction type
of our hovercraft is more close to aviation than standard hovercraft manufacture around the world. So called
sandwich type construction that we use to build our machines, makes MAD hovercraft hull ultra light in
weight and extremely strong in construction. Hulls of MAD Hovercraft are more durable and suitable for
heavy duty use despite their light weight.
AIREX is extremely light material with closed cells and don’t absorbs water like expanding PU foams that many
manufacturers use. As well it is flexible, hi/low temperature resistant, UV resistant, etc. When AIREX is inbuilt
in composite as core material, becomes a perfect combination of light weight, supreme strength and gives
flotation advantages to a product. Composite build hovercraft are impossible to sink.
MAD hovercraft will take you everywhere - meet our hovercraft models:
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XS-Kidcraft2, 1 person hovercraft designed for kids & kids rental
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S-Tornado F50, 2 person hovercraft ideal for personal use, racing as well as
professional use, widely used in hovercraft rental business, rent a hovercraft. Option
available in KIT form for home builders.
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S-BUFOcraft, 2 person hovercraft same concept as S-Tornado F50 only it has crazy
frog looking hovercraft design
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L-Typhoon, 3-4 person hovercraft ideal for personal and professional use (search
and rescue)
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XL-TwinSUPRME, 5 person hovercraft powered with two separate motors (one for
lift and one for thrust), ideal for personal or professional use (work and rescue)
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Hovercraft KITs of all our models on order
MAD hovercraft are high performance hovercraft
MAD hovercraft performance is supreme and beyond compare to any factory build personal hovercraft you find on
market. Powerful thrust is provided by modern two cycle aircraft engines in combination with our light weight
composite hull construction results supreme performance that NO factory build hovercraft comes close to.
Noise level of our hovercraft is low, since maximum tip speed is set to 122 - 125 m/s. Out-flow duct is clean with
minimum turbulence, stators are optimized as well we use perfect aerodynamics rudders for steering that
makes minimum turbulences and minimum power losses. Our ducts blow powerful, at very low noise level.
Thrust makes specific sound you will hear only at our hovercraft.
Our hovercraft flies different and our hovercraft sound different.
Let’s take a look some facts what our MAD-81 series Hovercraft simply CAN DO and why we call them high
performance hovercraft.
Composite hull
construction
MAD hovercraft hulls are
fabricated as composites of
vinyl ester reinforced fibres
(optional carbon fibres) and
AIREX panels. Composite
hovercraft hull gives extreme strength at ultra light
weight of product, flotation serial as well perfect
flexibility of hulls at most extreme conditions.
Carbon AIREX
composite
Optionally we fabricate
supreme quality of
composite on order, like
carbon composite hovercraft
hull. Top is a skin of carbon,
middle (pink colour) is an AREX core, in bottom side
again carbon skin. Such construction results upreme
light hulls at supreme strength.
Over the limits
Testing the sample of MAD
hovercraft hull construction
to the limits. AIREX is flexible
closed cell and light weight
material. Composite of
AIREX from our hulls can be
exposed the most extreme
mechanical conditions. You can bend it with extreme
force, it wont brake (might cause some cracks on gel coat
when force is over the limit) and will return back to its
original position. It perfect absorbs mechanical shocks
and impacts.
Heavy duty hulls
All our hulls we can mark as
‘’HEAVY DUTY’’ type when
speaking of hull strength and
durability as well ‘’ ULTRA
LIGHT’’ when speaking of
hovercraft hull weight. There
are simply NONE ‘’NO STEP!’’
stickers on our hovercraft. Where is flat surface on
hovercraft and place to step on - please DO step on as
hard as you can. MAD hovercraft hull will not bend or
brake.
Supreme flotation
All our hovercraft models
you can use on open waters.
When motor is off on the
water, our hovercraft float as
unsinkable surf. All our
models have inbuilt ultra
light closed cell AIREX foams
for flotation. You can fill cockpit full of water and craft
will not sink. With simple words - sinking our hovercraft
is mission impossible.
Fibreglass AIREX
composite
To give you the idea ‘’how it
is made’’ here is transparent
sample ‘’a cut out’’ of MAD
Hovercraft hull. Top is a skin
of fibreglass, middle (pink
colour) is an AIREX core, in bottom side again fibreglass
skin. So called ‘’sandwich’’ is in right combination of
different materials extremely strong and ultra light in
weight composite..
MAD Hovercraft DO
NOT plow
Our hovercraft have several
unique solutions in
hovercraft hull construction
what makes them supreme
in performance. One of
them is what we call ‘’performance upgrade’’.
Performance upgrade prevents the hovercraft to plow (to
plugh). It is likely impossible to plow MAD-81 series
hovercraft. Performance upgrade in front makes a
hovercraft much more responsive and safe to operate on
low throttle (cruising) as well as on full throttle.
SAFE at high
speeds
MAD hovercraft are safe at
high speeds. Perfect
cushion, powerful thrust,
fully balanced hovercraft,
and light weight
construction are the ultimate right combination for
supreme performance of hovercraft. Performance of our
our hovercraft concept was proved in World Hovercraft
Championship 2008 and Europe Hovercraft
Championship 2009 hovercraft races, where we compete
with BUFO hovercraft in class F50 and lag behind many
racing hovercraft, despite we compete with serial
hovercraft model for personal use without any
modifications made for racing.
MAD Hovercraft DO
CLIMBs
Our hovercraft CAN fly with
ease on hilly type of
surfaces. Our hovercraft
CAN climb with ease. They
are light and powerful in
thrust, and hilly surface will not stop your rides, but will
bring you to new dimension of hovercrafting. Flying
MAD Hovercraft is simply more than just gliding on flat
and smooth surface.
MAD Hovercraft DO
Water-Ski
While other hovercraft you
find on market are meant
mostly to glide on smooth
and flat surface without
ability to climb or pull, MAD
hovercraft can do much more than that… MAD Hovercraf
CAN pull a water skier out of water with ease. Now - have
you seen something like that before? Our models CAN
DO water-ski. Key is in high power to weight ratio - with
other words… light composite hulls and powerful two
stroke engine results supreme performance.
Difference is really such great that simply can not be
compared.
Supreme Agility
Supreme agility of our
hovercraft and extremely
strong ‘’side push’’ when
steering left or right, is
simply beyond compare. We
focus on every single
important detail that effects
the thrust power and steering capability. Our steering
rudders are made of composite, they extremely light and
aerodynamic shaped with NO unnecessary edges that
might cause turbulence - every turbulence is a loss of
thrust power and cause of extra noise. Flow stators
inside of duct optimize the flow in strong straighten
thrust flow.
MAD Hovercraft
HUMPS in seconds
Our hovercraft DO FAST
water starts. Beating the
hump is just a mater of
seconds. If you stop on
water it will not take you
longer than 2 to 6 seconds to beat a hump when making
a start no matter the payload. Simply put on throttle and
you are out of water and hovering again. TOH - time to
get over the hump after a water stop with one person 2
seconds, with two person 3-4 seconds, and with 3
person on board takes only 4 - 6 seconds.
