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Plan Description
An electric model of the British Hovercraft Corporation SRN5 hovercraft but can be modified to make an SRN6.
Model designed by Mark Porter and published in the May - June 1988 issue of Raido Control Boat Modeller magazine. Overall length of model is 29" with a beam of 17". Suitable for radio contol and designed for two standard 540-size electric motors - one providing lift and one providing forward drive via air propeller
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| MODEL TYPE | Scale Hoverraft |
| DESIGNER | Mark Porter |
| POWER TYPE | Electric |
| POWER SIZE | 2 x 540-size |
| CONTROL | RC |
| MODEL LENGTH | 740mm (29") |
| PLAN SIZE | 705mm x 520mm |
| SHIPPING WEIGHT (printed) |
0.25kg |
Additional information, user comments and reviews
FIRST PARAGRAPHS OF BUILD ARTICLE:
The British Hovercraft Corporation SRN5 which, with it's bigger sister the SRN6, has become arguably the most successful hovercraft built. The SRN6 is basically a stretched version of the SRN5 and has an extra four ribs on each side deck. This plan can be used to construct either craft, and in this case the SRN6 would be seven and a quarter inches longer than the model shown here.
I decided to construct an electric model and set a running time of fifteen minutes as a target. This not only meant that the model would have to be light but the skirt had to be efficient. This resulted in a structure predominantly made of balsa sheet with plywood formers to attach the standard RS540 motors.
