Make your own hoverboard

That's neat but where's the delorean?

Tim neuwerth and I were chatting about the feasibility of designing a gyro controlled lift pad prototype. Tim got excited about the math involved in choosing a fan based on the lift needed which he equated to roughly 1300 newtons, or 340 lbs of force. Anyways, to make a long story short, we found some guy who made a much simpler "hoverboard" using a 170 CFM fan and a ruberized skirt. Looks like it has pretty low performance but you gotta love the guy for spending a little of his free time designing something unique. Follow the link for a complete construction guide. Link

update: Here is another site dedicated to hoverboards including some dorky movies of people riding them. GO McFLY!!

Ps. Tim Johns, lets see you make one of these?!?!