I took my UH-14 out for the second test flight.  The trip was part of a talk and demo for a Boy Scout troop.

Before the meeting, I was asked to park the hover at the other end of the field.  It was recently mowed with a very, very slight slope.  I got to the other end of the field with no problem (it was "downhill").  I did notice that the craft was significantly slower and had lots of friction.

When it came time for the demo, I was going to fly up to the boys.  I could not get forward movement.  If I turned around, I could go very slowly (due to the very slight slope).

I was able to move the craft in the "uphill" direction under power while walking beside it.

Is this an indicator of insuffient lift, or is it normal?  Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Now that the demo is over, I'm going to install my variator.  I'm guessing that having it might have helped.

Thanks,

Rege 

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Even though the hover will not be running that soon, I decided to go ahead and build the trailer because I'm anticipating a big move at the end of the summer. Also, I'm selling my first hovercraft with its trailer, so without a replacement, I would be without an easy way of picking up large items like sheets of plywood.

I think it has been over a year since I got my Subaru 2.2L, EJ22 engine to run stand alone on the hovercraft engine mount. This engine being fuel injected made that a challanging and interesting part of the build. I learned alot about what is needed to run these engines.

So now at last I have the engine mounted up on the nearly finished craft and can wire it all up. Here is a shot of the harness and gauges as removed from the test run setup.