Finally! A Hoverboard
that Floats on Air!

This project is on hold. No plans to restart developement.

Hover Us is creating the Real Hoverboard from your dreams! Not a scooter or flying machine, but truly a skateboard like deck that you ride, floating on air. A board powered by a leaf blower? Hover Us might partner with a leaf blower company for a lower cost version, but parts like KDE Direct motors and Max Amps batteries will be in the top of the line board. The Hover Us design will work with many different blowers. You can probably use your existing leaf blower.

Yes it will be expensive, comparable to what Hendo hoverboards went for. A Hover Us board does not need any special ramp or surface. Ride it on the street, sidewalk, dirt trail... the surface needs to support the weight (not so much on water) and be somewhat airtight. We will offer a detailed how-to build guide with the complete design and instructions from years of building experience.

Country of Origin should be stated by manufactures and retailers. Hello Amazon, are you listening? Although one country produces almost all battery powered leaf blowers, I am not going to support that government's bullying. Everybody deserves to be FREE from oppressive government control. Hover Us will proudly feature American and globally sourced parts from countries without arms enbargoes.

History

It started March 5^th 2014 when I saw the HUVr Tech Hoax and thought, Why not?

There are many how-to leaf blower hovercraft videos like this from 2010:

I watched and researched but couldn't find what I wanted. Several designs have come up since then, like Hendo (Magnetic Field Architecture^TM) and Lexus (liquid nitrogen cooled superconductors), but nothing like Hover Us.

I started with an oval board shape and began many years of experimenting, designing, building, and testing.

Finding Seam Grip has allowed me great design flexibility, it works wonders.

An image of the hand drawn skirt profile (used for layout measures), might be a NFT auctioning on OpenSea.

How much weight can it lift? If CFM was the important blower measure, something like the Lasko Wind Machine with 4750 CFM would be awesome. But more pressure is needed. The force on a surface, the ground area under the skirt, is easy to determine with the area and pressure. The pressure of your blower can be measured with a manometer, which is easy to make. You can sort of calculate air pressure with the published speed rating and Bernoulli's equation. I have been developing corporate websites (full-stack ASP.NET) but ~~last year~~ (OMG it's been years) I decided to focus on Hover Us. Special thanks to someone for her incredible support through this time.

CA license plate HOVER US The design has seen many revisions and went from a bag skirt, to wall skirt, to bag and finger, but the current version is crazy. There will be more details, hopefully sooner :) There is a lot of work to build one, but it is not rocket science. I decided to get some feedback and make improvements, especially making the build easier, before taking orders. We will also release a free how-to STEM focused PDF that covers detailed steps to design and build your own. The Hover Us design and material kits will also be available.

FAQs

Q: Will it work on water?

A: Unknown and you should not try it. It might be as buoyant as 2 body boards with 20 pounds (9Kg) on top, but hard to balance.

Q: What will it work on?

A: On smoother surfaces it works great. On typical street, sidewalk, and other hard surfaces it does well. Offroad testing is pending.

Q: What is the range?

A: It's not designed for transportation, just to have fun. It will run about 10 minutes on a charge.

Q: When does KickStarter launch? How can I find out more?

A: Unfortunately this has been more difficult than I thought possible. As of now (June 2022) it is on hold. Follow Hover Us and check back.

Q: How about multiple leaf blowers?

A: Using 2 means both pressure and flow with the Glove bag.