More on the Hovertoon
Hovertoon™ is a combination of a hovercraft and pontoon boat with multi-terrain and all-season capabilities. It has a 22hp lift motor and a 200 HP V6 that powers twin 42” ducted fans.
Did a static thrust test for the Hovertoon and it produced 506 pounds of thrust from the 4.3L V6 driving twin 41.8 inch 6 blade fans set at a 50 degree pitch with the fans turning at 2250 rpm. A 2:1 reduction was used and the engine rpm was 4500. The engine is rated at 5500 and fans at 2600 so the absolute max should be around 600 pounds plus. The ODBII port was used with DashCommand app on the iphone. The small red tick marks on the outside of the gauge registers the maximums. In this case the RPM needle froze at 3500 but the outside max mark was 4500.