April 02, 2013

So This is Cool and/or Sweet
— JohnE.

Bubba Watson is teaming up with Oakley to create a golf hovercart. This seems like they're just having fun, but it could actually prove useful since hovercrafts wouldn't tear up the course like traditional carts do. Either way, I want one.

Video below.

[Update] Since this is so close to April Fools': Bubba WatsonÂ’s hovercraft golf cart is apparently not a joke

Sure, it's expensive and largely impractical. On the other hand, shut up.

Posted by: JohnE. at 01:33 PM | Comments (216)
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1 I was promised a flying car.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2013 01:34 PM (IY7Ir)

2 We    were    building    one    for   Barry    but    then    we    ran    out    of    funding.    We    blame    racism.

Posted by: Solyndra at April 02, 2013 01:36 PM (wIgpo)

3

Er,

No.

Posted by: Kitty Frontage, previously known as Jess1 at April 02, 2013 01:37 PM (lbiWb)

4

It will be even better than a foot wedge for improving your lie.

 

OOOPS, the ball was blown back on to the fairway. 

Posted by: rd at April 02, 2013 01:37 PM (zLp5I)

5 Hmmmm..... gas engine?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2013 01:38 PM (lZBBB)

6 147 decibels of golf etiquette.

Posted by: Jaws at April 02, 2013 01:39 PM (4I3Uo)

7 Golf course have 'cart paths' -- which are situated close to the fairways and greens so people don't have to walk too far. People who claim to golf for 'the exercise' don't need hovercrafts. Cool maybe, but a waste of money. On a cost per hour basis they'll cost a fortune to run. Because overcoming gravity, no matter how weak a force, is costly. Golf carts run just about forever on a bbq tank of propane. It's a solution in search of a problem.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at April 02, 2013 01:39 PM (feFL6)

8 What about going down hills? My country club has some pretty rough hills where you take your life into your hands if you don't use the brakes.

Posted by: wte9 at April 02, 2013 01:39 PM (ZL7LA)

9 I love Bubba.

Posted by: mama winger at April 02, 2013 01:39 PM (P6QsQ)

10 I love Bubba. Seems like such a nice guy.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2013 01:40 PM (XYSwB)

11 Now the unauthorized Americans no longer have to get their backs wet...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2013 01:40 PM (tqLft)

12 Imagine all those seniors down in Arizona, trading in their golf carts for the hover cart. LOL They'll have to widen the golf cart lanes and parking spaces. haha

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2013 01:41 PM (XYSwB)

13 Presently trapped behind the Great Red Firewall, which for some reason fears Youtube more than our carrier fleet. Do I want one?

Posted by: Rule #2 at April 02, 2013 01:41 PM (wtsJ1)

14 Why not just have a team of unauthorized Americans carry you and your foursome, like Yul Brynner in the King and I?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2013 01:41 PM (tqLft)

15 Hoveround takes me where I want to go.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 02, 2013 01:42 PM (C36wA)

16 So what happens when you run over a sand trap?  Or a storm drain?

Posted by: Pipe Holder at April 02, 2013 01:42 PM (VTeUD)

17

Walk the course, ya pansies!

 

Sheesh.  I'll bet these people also hold out to use an actual bathroom when they need to take a leak at the turn.

Posted by: Jaws at April 02, 2013 01:42 PM (4I3Uo)

18 It's a solution in search of a problem. Honestly, I don't think they're really thinking "golf cart" here. The cost of this thing has to be insane, hence the big Oakley logos. But I'm thinking that this has the same market as the Hammacher Schlemer personal submarine. Plus, you have to believe they could sell hundreds of these to oil shiekhs.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 02, 2013 01:42 PM (T0NGe)

19 My mom just trained her dog to ride in the golf cart.  Maybe he could drive this one.

Posted by: mama winger at April 02, 2013 01:43 PM (P6QsQ)

20 What happens when an alligator or two take a bite out of the side skirt?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2013 01:43 PM (tqLft)

21 Getting in and out looks like a breeze. Not. Wait till the Gov. gets a look at that. Helmets, seatbelts, airbags, licensing, insurance, DUI's. Totally awesome.

Posted by: nip at April 02, 2013 01:43 PM (lGVXf)

22 I don't golf. But I can still haz hovercraft?

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2013 01:43 PM (wLY+G)

23
Undocumented Caddies might like this.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2013 01:43 PM (IY7Ir)

24 And you know it's noisy as fuck.  The hoi polloi wouldn't stand for it.

Posted by: Pipe Holder at April 02, 2013 01:44 PM (VTeUD)

25 It will require an environmental impact study before every water hazard crossing.

Posted by: USA at April 02, 2013 01:44 PM (RIg+t)

26 18 Plus, you have to believe they could sell hundreds of these to oil shiekhs. Posted by: AmishDude at April 02, 2013 05:42 PM (T0NGe) Why can't we sell them illegal aliens? Never mind; they've got a shitload of Pali's and Paki's.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2013 01:44 PM (tqLft)

27 Decent April Fools prank.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2013 01:45 PM (ZPrif)

28

I bet they are a bitch to drive when you're hammered.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2013 01:45 PM (wLY+G)

29 I think you could carry more beer in a hovercart.

Posted by: Daybrother at April 02, 2013 01:45 PM (Mflo4)

30 By the way, there are several of these hovercrafts about this size already being manufactured. Apparently they're often used as rescue vehicles. Retail: $20,000. Less than I expected.

Posted by: AmishDude at April 02, 2013 01:45 PM (T0NGe)

31 Rodney Dangerfield would have loved it.

Posted by: USA at April 02, 2013 01:45 PM (RIg+t)

32 Gotta be seriously inefficient....

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 01:45 PM (aDwsi)

33 This is how Darth Vader golfs.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 02, 2013 01:45 PM (XUKZU)

34 I love Bubba, but that has Bad Idea written all over it, unless you're a personal injury lawyer.

Posted by: jakeman at April 02, 2013 01:46 PM (96M6e)

35 31 Rodney Dangerfield would have loved it. Posted by: USA at April 02, 2013 05:45 PM (RIg+t) The Judge Smails Special... but on you it looks great!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2013 01:46 PM (tqLft)

36 My country club[b/] has some pretty rough hills where you take your life into your hands if you don't use the brakes.

That right there tells me I don't have to listen to you.  1%er.

Posted by: pep at April 02, 2013 01:46 PM (6TB1Z)

37 28
I bet they are a bitch to drive when you're hammered. Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2013 05:45 PM
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I'm wondering what keeps it from 'sliding' down hill

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 01:46 PM (aDwsi)

Posted by: pep at April 02, 2013 01:46 PM (6TB1Z)

39
Hoverdrones.

And chemtrails......



Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2013 01:46 PM (TIIx5)

40 Still doesn't make it worth watching golf.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 02, 2013 01:47 PM (mN8D3)

41 Perfect for when the 17th hole is in Dover and the 18th is in Calais...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2013 01:47 PM (tqLft)

42 I'll bet you could lure the drink cart girl in close, gun the engine, and blow her skirt up.

Posted by: Jaws at April 02, 2013 01:47 PM (4I3Uo)

43 I'm wondering what keeps it from 'sliding' down hill

Dude, really?  Do I have to draw you a map?

Posted by: Fred Flintstone at April 02, 2013 01:47 PM (6TB1Z)

44 How do you stop?

Posted by: Misophonia Sufferer / Serious Cat at April 02, 2013 01:47 PM (UypUQ)

45 44 How do you stop? Airbrakes. Duh!

Posted by: USA at April 02, 2013 01:47 PM (RIg+t)

46 Perfect for when the 17th hole is in Dover and the 18th is in Calais... Posted by: J.J. Sefton

I shoulda taken up golf.

Posted by: A. Hitler at April 02, 2013 01:48 PM (6TB1Z)

47 44 How do you stop? Posted by: Misophonia Sufferer / Serious Cat at April 02, 2013 05:47 PM (UypUQ) "Courtesy of Fred's two feet... (See #43)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2013 01:48 PM (tqLft)

48 44 How do you stop?
Posted by: Misophonia Sufferer / Serious Cat at April 02, 2013 05:47 PM
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Drop anchor...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 01:48 PM (aDwsi)

49 Awesome. But I need a built-in cooler.

Posted by: Andy at April 02, 2013 01:48 PM (OZPoa)

50 46 Posted by: A. Hitler at April 02, 2013 05:48 PM (6TB1Z) Churchill had radar powered sand traps...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 02, 2013 01:48 PM (tqLft)

51 Elitist scum. We'd all have hovercraft if they'd figure out a workable braking system.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 01:49 PM (OQpzc)

52 It ain't real.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2013 01:49 PM (ZPrif)

53

"How do you stop?"

 

Trees mostly.

Posted by: Jaws at April 02, 2013 01:49 PM (4I3Uo)

54 You can see the wires GOOGLE IT PEOPLE

Posted by: Jones in CO at April 02, 2013 01:49 PM (8sCoq)

55 So, what's Erg gonna complain about in this thread? I guess golf is pretty exclusionary and racist, so there's that.

Posted by: jakeman at April 02, 2013 01:49 PM (96M6e)

56 Do they work in volcanos?

Posted by: Erg at April 02, 2013 01:50 PM (ggRof)

57 Sure, lets make golf more exclusively white by pricing out minorities!

Posted by: Ergie Butthurt at April 02, 2013 01:50 PM (NEBV7)

58 Bumper Golf Awesome. (if this is an April Fools joke, it's a good one)

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2013 01:52 PM (XYSwB)

59 Still better than anything that was government funded, outside of NASA.

Private money.....bitches.

Posted by: © Sponge at April 02, 2013 01:52 PM (xmcEQ)

60 I fully support a presidential hovercraft that travels at Mach 2. With no braking system. Point him at a mountain.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 01:52 PM (OQpzc)

61 It ain't real.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 02, 2013 05:49 PM (ZPrif)


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No ??  You don't think so? Shoot. I was going to put in my order for Mother's Day.

Posted by: mama winger at April 02, 2013 01:52 PM (P6QsQ)

62 The old ways are the best.  Litters carried by undocumented immigrants.  Your golf cart would come when you called it.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 02, 2013 01:52 PM (XUKZU)

63 Maybe Bubba can line a few of them up at the gates of Augusta National to keep the women out!

Posted by: Ergie Butthurt at April 02, 2013 01:53 PM (NEBV7)

64 It's a solution in search of a problem.

Posted by: Regular Moron at April 02, 2013 05:39 PM (feFL6)

Otherwise known as one side of the equation of Capitalism.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2013 01:53 PM (0zDXv)

65 Yep, needs a cooler already built in and a Ma Duece mounted on the top in case you encounter any critters. NVG's for night golfing. A flat screen so you can watch pron while you golf/drink and of course a fold out grill. Then it would be perfect!

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2013 01:53 PM (wLY+G)

66 The old ways are the best. Litters carried by undocumented immigrants. Your golf cart would come when you called it.

Posted by: WalrusRex at April 02, 2013 05:52 PM (XUKZU)

 

Never work. These days the slave would be saying, "You are a god, you are a god..."

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 01:54 PM (OQpzc)

67 In the update:  Apparently this is NOT a joke

http://sports.nationalpost.com/2013/04/02/bubba-watsons-hovercraft-golf-cart/

Posted by: mama winger at April 02, 2013 01:55 PM (P6QsQ)

68 55 So, what's Erg gonna complain about in this thread? I guess golf is pretty exclusionary and racist, so there's that.  
 

Posted by: jakeman at April 02, 2013 05:49 PM (96M6e)

 

 

Yeah.... bastards...

Posted by: Tiger Woods at April 02, 2013 01:55 PM (lZBBB)

69 Meh, it's cool... but my fantasy's better. I've always wanted to ride my dirt bike into a swanky Country Club and lay waste to their golf course...now THAT would be sweet.

Posted by: Max Wedge at April 02, 2013 01:55 PM (sbL9/)

70 Second rate crap. Where is the anti-grav  I was promised, huh? Government research aint worth shit.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 01:56 PM (OQpzc)

71 They should make a hover-segway.

Posted by: Misophonia Sufferer / Serious Cat at April 02, 2013 01:56 PM (UypUQ)

72 Ima expert here. Allow me. Golfers don't play for exercise. They play to drink beer and bitch. Whether about the old lady, the boss or The First Ghey Golfer. Or the First Special Olympian. IDK A co-worker went to Myrtle beach last weekend to play. The course staff said to keep carts on the path because the grass drained the batteries. My boss said welcome to Obama golf. Sad but true. Bubba's on the right track. If we could just get the windmills to go fast enough.

Posted by: Golfman at April 02, 2013 01:57 PM (/djtm)

73 71 They should make a hover-segway.  
 

Posted by: Misophonia Sufferer / Serious Cat at April 02, 2013 05:56 PM (UypUQ)

 

Did yo see the video of the Mono Cycle?  One wheeled motorcycle?

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2013 01:57 PM (lZBBB)

74

#6 hit the nail on the head.  It would probably work except for the noise level.  It would be perfect for the cart path only days .

Posted by: polynikes at April 02, 2013 01:57 PM (m2CN7)

75 I guess golf is pretty exclusionary and racist, so there's that. It's like I'm stormin' the lunch counter, Selma, 1965.

Posted by: King Putt at April 02, 2013 01:57 PM (MMC8r)

76 Elin would wreck that thing with a 3 Wood.

Posted by: Tiger Woods at April 02, 2013 01:57 PM (I+J0B)

77

If it's an April Fools Joke, they certainly  spent a hell of a lot on special effects and mock ups.

 

It  may or  may not be a winning idea, but  it's a real prototype. 

 

I want to believe.

 

 

Posted by: Jaws at April 02, 2013 01:58 PM (4I3Uo)

78 Time to watch Messi's incredible legs. cya's tomorrow or much later

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 02, 2013 01:58 PM (XYSwB)

79 They play to drink beer and bitch. I can do that without the golf bullshit.

Posted by: King Putt at April 02, 2013 01:58 PM (MMC8r)

80 Once again, at asoiaf.westeros.org: the site is dark and full of errors

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 02, 2013 01:59 PM (QTHTd)

81 I've  had  one  for  years!  Love  it!    Don't    forget    to   spay    and   neuter    your    pets!

Posted by: Bob Barker at April 02, 2013 01:59 PM (wIgpo)

82 79 They play to drink beer and bitch.  

I can do that without the golf bullshit.    

Posted by: King Putt at April 02, 2013 05:58 PM (MMC8r)

 

 

Yeah... in flyover America we call that Happy Hour...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2013 01:59 PM (lZBBB)

83 Yeah... in flyover America we call that Happy Hour...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2013 05:59 PM .............Why limit yourself to only one hour?

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2013 02:00 PM (wLY+G)

84 It would seem to be some sort of hovering cart, or, perhaps, craft...

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 02, 2013 02:01 PM (FMeeD)

85 Really. Don't. Get. Golf.

Posted by: zsasz at April 02, 2013 02:01 PM (MMC8r)

86 "Shut up?" Brilliant!

Posted by: DM at April 02, 2013 02:02 PM (LaKlJ)

87 "85 Really. Don't. Get. Golf. Posted by: zsasz at April 02, 2013 06:01 PM (MMC8r) " It's like sport, but without the exercise. Or pretty much everything else.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 02, 2013 02:02 PM (FMeeD)

88  Really. Don't. Get. Golf.

Posted by: zsasz at April 02, 2013 06:01 PM (MMC8r)

 

Cow pasture pool. But, the Scots like haggis, too, so who can guess what the crazy bastards  will like?

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 02:03 PM (OQpzc)

89 Because overcoming gravity, no matter how weak a force, is costly.

It all comes down to how good the skirt seal is and how draggy the skirt is. 

Back in the 1960's a famous designer of American model airplane engines, Duke Fox, demonstrated a hover platform which he stood on and drove around powered by one of his 0.36 cubic inch model engines.  Duke was in the 200lb range, and the .36 engine he used cranked out a tad under 1hp.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 02, 2013 02:03 PM (/gHaE)

90 36 Posted by: pep at April 02, 2013 05:46 PM (6TB1Z) Ahem? There goes your tip. Speak nicely to your betters if you want some spending money.

Posted by: wte9 at April 02, 2013 02:03 PM (ZL7LA)

91 Really. Don't . Get. Yard. Work. On. Saturdays.

Posted by: Golfman at April 02, 2013 02:04 PM (/djtm)

92 Well...., as long as no one has to sit at the back.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 02:05 PM (aDwsi)

93 We   went   with   dragons   this   season.   Hovercarts   in   '14.

Posted by: Gheym of Thrones at April 02, 2013 02:05 PM (wIgpo)

94 "93 We went with dragons this season. Hovercarts in '14. Posted by: Gheym of Thrones at April 02, 2013 06:05 PM (wIgpo) " Hovercarts are coming.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 02, 2013 02:06 PM (FMeeD)

95
"85 Really. Don't. Get. Golf.

Posted by: zsasz at April 02, 2013 06:01 PM (MMC8r) "

It's like sport, but without the exercise. Or pretty much everything else.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 02, 2013 06:02 PM (FMeeD)







You fookers cocked up my game. Broadswords and orc's heads. THAT'S how you play golf, wankers.

Posted by: Zombie Bullroarer Took at April 02, 2013 02:07 PM (TIIx5)

96 I want one.

Posted by: Breakn70 at April 02, 2013 02:08 PM (SCtHp)

97 There's no way my country club would allow a hovercraft after my whole golf-copter fiasco.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at April 02, 2013 02:09 PM (+lsX1)

98 I recall the last(?) episode of Northern Exposure, where the guy carried a pump shotgun in the event of a grizzly attack. Now..., that would add some spectator interest to the game

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 02:09 PM (aDwsi)

99 Apparently my golf-blimp idea will come to nothing.

Posted by: zsasz at April 02, 2013 02:09 PM (MMC8r)

100 "99 Apparently my golf-blimp idea will come to nothing. Posted by: zsasz at April 02, 2013 06:09 PM (MMC8r) " It depends on whether you use hydrogen or helium. Hydrogen sounds like a good idea.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 02, 2013 02:10 PM (FMeeD)

101 Needs a backseat and a fire.hydrant avoidance system.

Posted by: Tiger Woods at April 02, 2013 02:10 PM (N9G2f)

102 You Morons that think that golf isn't exercise haven't played 18 holes where you swing at the ball 326 times like I do.

Posted by: Navybrat at April 02, 2013 02:11 PM (SWuSg)

103 99 Apparently my golf-blimp idea will come to nothing. Posted by: zsasz at April 02, 2013 06:09 PM
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Geeze, I dunno. If it was hydrogen filled spectators might be drawn by the prospect of a Hindenberg-like event

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 02:11 PM (aDwsi)

104 The idea seems so ...... Japanese. Honda will be first to market.

Posted by: USA at April 02, 2013 02:12 PM (RIg+t)

105 pump shotgun in the event of a grizzly attack. Now..., that would add some spectator interest to the game

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 06:09 PM (aDwsi)

 

If all I had in a grizzly attack was a 12 ga. I'd throw it at him to maybe slow him down as I climbed a tree. It'd be the best use for it. 12 ga. would just piss them off.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 02:12 PM (OQpzc)

106 Mike Hammer. Wouldn't work in my group. Tempers too short.

Posted by: Golfman at April 02, 2013 02:12 PM (/djtm)

107

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 02, 2013 06:03 PM (/gHaE)

 

Yeah.... on a nice smooth golf course... ie... no rocks or brush?  This thing would work OK....

 

The Hovercraft the Navy now uses for Landing craft use a tremendous amount of power... and have problems in some terrain (but still better than boats)... and have problems in Rough Seas...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2013 02:13 PM (lZBBB)

108 "104 The idea seems so ...... Japanese. Honda will be first to market. Posted by: USA at April 02, 2013 06:12 PM (RIg+t) " I don't know... it just doesn't seem perverted enough.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 02, 2013 02:13 PM (FMeeD)

109 Considering I golf maybe once per year, the way I golf a submarine would do me more good. How about a golf ball that floats?

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2013 02:13 PM (wLY+G)

110 106 Mike Hammer. Wouldn't work in my group. Tempers too short. Posted by: Golfman at April 02, 2013 06:12 PM
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Re-defines 'sudden death playoff'

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 02:13 PM (aDwsi)

111 *waves paw*   Bannion, order 20.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at April 02, 2013 02:14 PM (Gk3SS)

112

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 06:09 PM (aDwsi)

 

Slugs....

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 02, 2013 02:14 PM (lZBBB)

113 At times.

Posted by: Golfman at April 02, 2013 02:14 PM (/djtm)

114 If I had one of these 44 years ago I wouldn't have had to wear that phony neck brace to court.

Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy at April 02, 2013 02:15 PM (jN8bg)

115 Now if he could adapt this idea to a Rascal Scooter...

Posted by: zsasz at April 02, 2013 02:15 PM (MMC8r)

116  You Morons that think that golf isn't exercise haven't played 18 holes where you swing at the ball 326 times like I do.

Posted by: Navybrat at April 02, 2013 06:11 PM (SWuSg) 

 

When I used to run down in the ravines around San Diego, I used a badminton racket to smack the tarantula wasps when they attacked. That was some sport.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 02:16 PM (OQpzc)

117 I know, how about a 12 gauge golf ball launcher! par 5 469 yards, no problem baby! On the green in one! Then I can get in my hovercraft (with built in cooler) and get to my ball fast.

Posted by: Minnfidel at April 02, 2013 02:16 PM (wLY+G)

118 "114 If I had one of these 44 years ago I wouldn't have had to wear that phony neck brace to court. Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy at April 02, 2013 06:15 PM (jN8bg) " The Sea Lion of the Senate? How's h*ll?

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 02, 2013 02:17 PM (FMeeD)

119 What happens if you run over someone's ball?

Posted by: USA at April 02, 2013 02:17 PM (RIg+t)

120 I already got banned on one course after experimenting with a potato gun potato sabot. Wouldn't mind a mounted version on a hover craft . . .

Posted by: wte9 at April 02, 2013 02:18 PM (ZL7LA)

121 C'mon, what about jet packs?

Posted by: Craig Poe at April 02, 2013 02:19 PM (BVkEs)

122 Now if he could adapt this idea to a Rascal Scooter...

Posted by: zsasz at April 02, 2013 06:15 PM (MMC8r)

 

If they can get a Medicare contract, this could be worth billions.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 02:19 PM (OQpzc)

123 Now ACE knows how Obama supporters feel.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at April 02, 2013 02:19 PM (Y/zJG)

124 What happens when you run over a gator?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 02:20 PM (aDwsi)

125 Only if it has open headers, dispenses beer, and plays Journey songs.

Posted by: Beagle at April 02, 2013 02:20 PM (sOtz/)

126 Yes, but can one mount a crew-served version of a longbow and/or crossbow to the roof?

Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf (formerly Hoss Fuentes) at April 02, 2013 02:20 PM (aozUR)

127 I   had   a   hovercraft   in  the   late  '70's.  Worked   for   shit,   then   my   wife   cheated   on   me   and   then  I   released   'I'm   in  You'.  Can't   recommend  buying one.  Caveat   emptor!

Posted by: Peter Frampton at April 02, 2013 02:20 PM (wIgpo)

128 The Hovercraft the Navy now uses for Landing craft use a tremendous amount of power...

Of course.  F=MA isn't just a suggestion, but the left capacity and velocity of the cart is considerably less.

At the speeds a Navy LC is rolling at, aerodynamic drag starts to become a factor as well.  Drag is related to V-squared, so much above say 20mph or so it starts to become a player in the power needs.  At 50 or 60mph, its a big player.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 02, 2013 02:23 PM (/gHaE)

129
pump shotgun in the event of a grizzly attack. Now..., that would add some spectator interest to the game
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 06:09 PM (aDwsi)

If all I had in a grizzly attack was a 12 ga. I'd throw it at him to maybe slow him down as I climbed a tree. It'd be the best use for it. 12 ga. would just piss them off.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 06:12 PM (OQpzc)







As I recall from when I lived in AK in the 80s, 12 gauge shottys with sabot slugs were fairly popular as bear medicine, although I imagine that cost and versatility had something to do with that. Definitely better than harsh language though.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2013 02:24 PM (TIIx5)

130 If they can get a Medicare contract, this could be worth billions. The good folks at Liberty Medical are working with the Obama administration to make this available to all senior citizens with the diabeetus.

Posted by: Wilford Brimley [/i] at April 02, 2013 02:24 PM (feFL6)

131 128 The Hovercraft the Navy now uses for Landing craft use a tremendous amount of power...

Of course. F=MA isn't just a suggestion, but the left capacity and velocity of the cart is considerably less.

At the speeds a Navy LC is rolling at, aerodynamic drag starts to become a factor as well. Drag is related to V-squared, so much above say 20mph or so it starts to become a player in the power needs. At 50 or 60mph, its a big player.
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 02, 2013 06:23 PM
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Has to be a giant fuel hog. Don't expect a battery operated version.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 02:24 PM (aDwsi)

132 These will be the Next Thing here.  The suburban teens have already careened around in golf carts, mopeds,  and electrified scooters.

I can just see these things going through people's back yards, over the golf courses, and then across creeks,  foiling the pursuit of the county mounties.

Posted by: Miss Marple at April 02, 2013 02:25 PM (GoIUi)

133
The Hovercraft the Navy now uses for Landing craft use a tremendous amount of power...

Of course. F=MA isn't just a suggestion, but the left capacity and velocity of the cart is considerably less.

At the speeds a Navy LC is rolling at, aerodynamic drag starts to become a factor as well. Drag is related to V-squared, so much above say 20mph or so it starts to become a player in the power needs. At 50 or 60mph, its a big player.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 02, 2013 06:23 PM (/gHaE)








I was told that there would be no math on this blog.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2013 02:25 PM (TIIx5)

134 Does it have off-road capability?

Posted by: Randy Travis at April 02, 2013 02:25 PM (R0JuT)

135 85 Really. Don't. Get. Golf.

Posted by: zsasz at April 02, 2013 06:01 PM (MMC8r)


What's not to like?

1.  Girls in shorts come by on carts to bring you beer.
2.  You can smoke cigars without fear of dirty looks.
3.  Your wife and kids aren't there. 
4.  Nobody else's wife and kids are there.
5.  Nobody tries to rob or harass a group of white guys in plaid shorts who are carrying metal clubs and have spikes on their feet.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 02, 2013 02:25 PM (SY2Kh)

136 What happens when you run over a gator?

It pays to not irritate the gators.  When they get really jazzed about something they can run at about 40mph on land for short bursts. 

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 02, 2013 02:26 PM (/gHaE)

137 129
As I recall from when I lived in AK in the 80s, 12 gauge shottys with sabot slugs were fairly popular as bear medicine, although I imagine that cost and versatility had something to do with that. Definitely better than harsh language though.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2013 06:24 PM
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Casull .454 seems the current choice for up-close-and-personal, but I'm thinking a bear attack only slightly more brutal.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 02:27 PM (aDwsi)

138 Would not work at my course.  A couple of spots where its just to wide to get through the openings as its seems wider than a traditional cart.

Posted by: AndrewsDad at April 02, 2013 02:27 PM (C2//T)

139

Oh great. Now my husband is going to want one of these.

 

They are pretty cool, though.

Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2013 02:27 PM (5kUwW)

140

A 12 Ga. loaded with sabots is more than sufficient for Grizzly protection.

Beats the fuck out of pepper spray.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2013 02:28 PM (I+J0B)

141 Well, later, all. God bless. :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 02, 2013 02:28 PM (FMeeD)

142 Dog just signaled "Take me out...". Later

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 02:29 PM (aDwsi)

143 were fairly popular as bear medicine, although I imagine that cost and versatility had something to do with that. Definitely better than harsh language though.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2013 06:24 PM (TIIx5)

 

They wouldn't let me go in the woods with anything smaller than  a .375 HandH magnum. A 30.o6 would kill them, but not before mamma bear killed you. I heard some people theorizing that a 12 ga. with alternating slugs and incendiary rounds might scare them off, but no one wanted to be a test subject.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 02:29 PM (OQpzc)

144 Uncle says nephew found hanged from downtown building not known to him as a tagger http://goo.gl/IHjMS I'd love to know what the guy was trying to do. The police say they found markers, etching tools, and a stencil but do not say what the stencil was. The rope he had tied around his chest and legs to lower himself to the 16th floor (yikes!) constricted his chest. I did a google search to see if he was associated with any weird groups but found nothing.

Posted by: Waldo Truth at April 02, 2013 02:30 PM (TE8aX)

145 My regrettably "dead & gone" Miss Emily, Honey Creek ( google The Episcopal Conference Center, Honey Creek ) and golf carts were inseparable. She'd have clamored for the thing. They have more golf carts there than The Prisoner....

Posted by: backhoe at April 02, 2013 02:33 PM (ULH4o)

146 Sure, it's expensive and largely impractical. Now, you're talkin'! How's $500 million?

Posted by: The White House at April 02, 2013 02:34 PM (oJQ+J)

147 Hard lead slugs fired from a rifled 12ga barrel might do the trick.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at April 02, 2013 02:35 PM (uhftQ)

148 That Golfer Craft thingy would look great in my garage. All the slobs in the 'hood driving their golf carts down the street to the course would gaze over at my cool ride sittin' in the shade of the garage and slobber over it.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 02, 2013 02:35 PM (4Mv1T)

149 GM will get the contract for the government fleet.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2013 02:35 PM (oJQ+J)

150 Well, it looks like the dead guy had some theft arrests in Washington.

Posted by: Waldo Truth at April 02, 2013 02:36 PM (TE8aX)

151 They wouldn't let me go in the woods with anything smaller than a .375 HandH magnum. A 30.o6 would kill them, but not before mamma bear killed you. I heard some people theorizing that a 12 ga. with alternating slugs and incendiary rounds might scare them off, but no one wanted to be a test subject.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 06:29 PM (OQpzc)


Supposed to go bear hunting up in New Hampshire in the fall.  Sure, there aren't grizzlies up there, but I'll be using a .45-70, so that should do the trick for black bear, right?

Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf (formerly Hoss Fuentes) at April 02, 2013 02:36 PM (aozUR)

152

>>>that should have been 'sabots/slugs'.

 

I'd rather have the 12 ga than any  handgun in a bear encounter. 

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2013 02:36 PM (rdRU/)

153 If its green I'll dump a few billion into that baby.

Posted by: Henry Chu, A Nobel Laureate at April 02, 2013 02:37 PM (8ZskC)

154 grizzlies up there, but I'll be using a .45-70, so that should do the trick for black bear, right?

Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf (formerly Hoss Fuentes) at April 02, 2013 06:36 PM (aozUR)

 

You could probably beat a black bear to death with a  baseball bat. Those things are closer to dogs than grizzlies. I couldn't shoot one. It'd be like clubbing a baby seal.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 02:38 PM (OQpzc)

155

Eh it may be expensive, but most people rent carts from the course. I could totally see many country clubs (which have a ton o' cash usually) picking a few of these up and charging double cart rental for them.

Public courses. No, not any time soon (but prices may come down.)

Posted by: tsrblke at April 02, 2013 02:39 PM (GaqMa)

156 hovercrafts wouldn't tear up the course like traditional carts do. Until they hit a tree. What is the terminal velocity of a downhill hovercraft, anyways? We'll find out soon.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2013 02:39 PM (oJQ+J)

157 If only the IDF had those.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at April 02, 2013 02:40 PM (8ZskC)

158 Until they hit a tree. What is the terminal velocity of a downhill hovercraft, anyways? We'll find out soon.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2013 06:39 PM (oJQ+J)

 

 

African or European?

Posted by: King Arthur at April 02, 2013 02:41 PM (GaqMa)

159

>>>You could probably beat a black bear to death with a baseball bat. Those things are closer to dogs than grizzlies.

 

 

This is among the more ridiculous things I have read, here. 

 Don't ever take a black bear lightly.  They will tear you limb from limb if they feel the inclination to do so.  Won't take much effort for then, either.  I've seen a 1 1/2 yr old black bear rag doll a 6' 2" dude.  Guy was lucky to survive. 

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2013 02:41 PM (rdRU/)

160 Well, it looks like the dead guy had some theft arrests in Washington.

Posted by: Waldo Truth

***

 

He went for the ultimate tag and accidently killed himself.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at April 02, 2013 02:41 PM (uhftQ)

161

Off Royal Sock.

 

Also do hovercrafts use that much energy?  They don't really "defy gravity" as much as they inflate a balloon as I understand it.

Posted by: tsrblke at April 02, 2013 02:41 PM (GaqMa)

162 Israeli Air Force is bombing Gaza. There are exchanges of fire on the Golan Heights. North Korea is going off the deep end fast. Iran is about to get the Bomb which North Korea already has, and Afghanistan is falling apart before our eyes. It's almost as if we had no President?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2013 02:42 PM (9Bj8R)

163 Will the government fund your purchase as part of a 'green energy' plan?

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 02, 2013 02:42 PM (AC0lD)

164 I knew a guy who shot a black bear once. He said it looked him the eye, like "Why would you shoot me?" He sold his guns and never hunted again.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 02:42 PM (OQpzc)

165 This is among the more ridiculous things I have read, here.
Don't ever take a black bear lightly. They will tear you limb from limb if they feel the inclination to do so.



Now don't be hatin' on the bears.  They're just big cuddly kittehs, deep down.

Posted by: Zombie Timothy Treadwell at April 02, 2013 02:43 PM (8ZskC)

166 I love the old dude is referred to as a "Hovercraft Expert". That cracked me up.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 02, 2013 02:43 PM (HDgX3)

167 It's almost as if we had no President?

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I think having no President would be a step up.

Posted by: mama winger at April 02, 2013 02:43 PM (P6QsQ)

168 NASAÂ’s James Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies and a controversial and highly vocal voice of alarm about the planetÂ’s changing climate, will retire as the director of the space institute, NASA announced Tuesday -- and plans to immediately sue his former employer. Asshole

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2013 02:43 PM (9Bj8R)

169 On Twitchy: I'm a lover not a fighter, but I'm also a fighter so watch it.— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) March 31, 2013

Posted by: zsasz at April 02, 2013 02:44 PM (MMC8r)

170 Bleeding Head of Arnold Palmer. All World Cup Golfers are allied with different alien races in a multitude of vast intergalactic wars, with Arnold Palmer allied with the X-ists, Lee Trevino allied with the Y-ists, and for some reason, Tiger Woods is allied with the Martians, one of the weakest alien civilizations in the universe.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 02, 2013 02:44 PM (igXmF)

171 It's almost as if we had no President?

I got game, baby.  Now toss me that ball.

Posted by: Jugears O'Fuckstick at April 02, 2013 02:44 PM (8ZskC)

172 The "Homer Mobile" of the golf course.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 02, 2013 02:44 PM (jucos)

173 My hovercraft is full of eels.

Posted by: rickl at April 02, 2013 02:45 PM (sdi6R)

174

>>>He sold his guns and never hunted again.

 

 

Pussy.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2013 02:45 PM (rdRU/)

175 My son and his friend built a hovercraft from plans available by mail in the summer after 5th grade. It ran on a vacuum cleaner motor exhaust. It was designed for an item that no longer exists! So, we used a leaf blower. Worked great. Also used an inner tube from an automotive tire. That was a bitch to find, too! He gave kids rides at school on the basketball court. They had plans to convert it to battery power using an inverter, but never got around to it. I still have the hovercraft in my garage. My son is now a rocket scientist. It pays to let your kids try stuff in the garage when they get the inspiration!

Posted by: MathMom at April 02, 2013 02:45 PM (H2Mwq)

176 the inclination to do so. Won't take much effort for then, either. I've seen a 1 1/2 yr old black bear rag doll a 6' 2" dude. Guy was lucky to survive.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2013 06:41 PM (rdRU/)

 

I've seen a whitetail nearly kill a hiker. Doesn't mean they white tails are killers.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 02:45 PM (OQpzc)

177 It's almost as if we had no President? Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2013 06:42 PM (9Bj8R) ----------------------------------------------------- Almost?

Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 02, 2013 02:45 PM (jucos)

178 All World Cup Golfers are allied with different alien races in a multitude of vast intergalactic wars, with Arnold Palmer allied with the X-ists, Lee Trevino allied with the Y-ists, and for some reason, Tiger Woods is allied with the Martians, one of the weakest alien civilizations in the universe.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 02, 2013 06:44 PM (igXmF)

Cut.  Jib.  Newsletter.  Substance you are currently ingesting.

Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf (formerly Hoss Fuentes) at April 02, 2013 02:45 PM (aozUR)

179 I love the old dude is referred to as a "Hovercraft Expert". That cracked me up.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 02, 2013 06:43 PM (HDgX3)


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The expert in the video is Chris Fitzgerald, president of Neoteric Hovercraft Inc., an Indiana-based company.) Similar models on the company's website retail for more than $20,000.

Posted by: mama winger at April 02, 2013 02:45 PM (P6QsQ)

180 I'm so tired my balls hurt

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2013 02:46 PM (9Bj8R)

181 World Cup Golfers take part in these vast intergalactic wars when their bleeding heads are launched, since their bleeding heads function as weapons of mass destruction, capable of wiping out entire intergalactic space fleets instantaneously. In the Church of the SubGenius, to help the X-ists win, traditionally the Bleeding Head of Arnold Palmer is launched.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 02, 2013 02:47 PM (igXmF)

182 I'm so tired my balls hurt

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2013 06:46 PM (9Bj8R)

 

You've got to pace yourself. That hot dental assistant will still be there tomorrow.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 02:48 PM (OQpzc)

183 Don't ever take a black bear lightly. They will tear you limb from limb if they feel the inclination to do so. An animal can never be deadly, only its actions...

Posted by: AP at April 02, 2013 02:48 PM (oJQ+J)

184

I suport hunting animals 100%. With that said, it isn't for me.

Now hunting leftists, THAT I enjoy. /

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at April 02, 2013 02:48 PM (uhftQ)

185 That hot dental assistant will still be there tomorrow. Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 06:48 PM (OQpzc) I am sure she will be since I am off tomorrow

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2013 02:48 PM (9Bj8R)

186 OT I saw a mockup of Hillary's headstone... It read "What Does It Matter. I'm Dead!"

Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at April 02, 2013 02:49 PM (MhA4j)

187

>>>Doesn't mean they white tails are killers.

 

No.  It means even whitetail deserve respect.  They'll  instinctively  gore you or kick a hole in you if given the chance.   

 

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2013 02:49 PM (rdRU/)

188 I am sure she will be since I am off tomorrow

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2013 06:48 PM (9Bj8R)

 

Wednesday is golf day at your practice? My doc takes off on Fridays.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 02:50 PM (OQpzc)

189 It's almost as if we had no President? Hey, he's 2-for-22 when he puts his mind to something.

Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2013 02:50 PM (oJQ+J)

190 OT I saw a mockup of Hillary's headstone... It read "What Does It Matter. I'm Dead!" Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at April 02, 2013 06:49 PM (MhA4j) Grave: Meet my piss

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2013 02:50 PM (9Bj8R)

191 Wednesday is golf day at your practice? My doc takes off on Fridays. Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 06:50 PM (OQpzc) I don't play golf. I'll be spending most of the day at the Navy Reserve Center doing paper work

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2013 02:51 PM (9Bj8R)

192 No. It means even whitetail deserve respect. They'll instinctively gore you or kick a hole in you if given the chance.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2013 06:49 PM (rdRU/)

 

I respect voles. Those suckers are mean. They can take off a finger before you know it.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 02:53 PM (OQpzc)

193 I don't play golf. I'll be spending most of the day at the Navy Reserve Center doing paper work

Posted by: Nevergiveup

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And apparently, icing his jewels.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at April 02, 2013 02:53 PM (uhftQ)

194
  Apparently none of you have ever been attacked by the savage North American  Chipmunk during it's rut.

    THAT is terrifying.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 02, 2013 02:53 PM (SAMxH)

195 The Jews put stones on their headstones as a way of telling the deceased to "stay put" as it were. I will take a Huge Dookie on Shrillary's grave for the same purpose.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 02, 2013 02:54 PM (jucos)

196

Posted by: irongrampa at April 02, 2013 06:53 PM (SAMxH)

 

They go straight for your nuts.

Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2013 02:54 PM (rdRU/)

197 The expert in the video is Chris Fitzgerald, president of Neoteric Hovercraft Inc., an Indiana-based company.) Similar models on the company's website retail for more than $20,000.

Posted by: mama winger at April 02, 2013 06:45 PM (P6QsQ)


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I'm sure he knows his shit. Just seeing someone referred to as a "hovercraft expert" is kinda funny. That's all. Or I have a warped sense of humor. Either way.....

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at April 02, 2013 02:55 PM (HDgX3)

198 I'll be using a .45-70, so that should do the trick for black bear, right? Posted by: Professor Marius von Totenkopf 325 grain Hornady. Hot load. Very effective on a BB

Posted by: Dept. Of Accuracy Dept. at April 02, 2013 02:56 PM (MhA4j)

199 I wish I would have read this thread before I headed off to AK.

Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at April 02, 2013 02:58 PM (jucos)

200 I'm a lover not a fighter, but I'm also a fighter so watch it.— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) March 31, 2013 A = true B = false B = but also true McCain logic 101. What a train wreck of a person. If she had tiny little sweater puppies no one would pay her an ounce of notice. Therefor, she is nothing but what fills her sweater. A big boob, or two.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at April 02, 2013 02:59 PM (feFL6)

201 Would never work on the goat paths called golf courses here in VT.  Hoovercraft (heh) are great ideas for flat places but just don't work in the hills.

Elin has a short game and is deadly with a 9-iron.  3-wood, not so good.  I hear Tiger has a 1-wood.

Posted by: Captain Ned at April 02, 2013 03:00 PM (i+Fm3)

202  I wish I would have read this thread before I headed off to AK.

Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at April 02, 2013 06:58 PM (jucos)

 

I doubt it would have helped.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 03:01 PM (OQpzc)

203 All this talk about shooting black bears is soooooo racist. /

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at April 02, 2013 03:01 PM (uhftQ)

204 All this talk about shooting black bears is soooooo racist. /

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at April 02, 2013 07:01 PM (uhftQ)

 

Hey, I've been against shooting black bears unless it is currently trying to eat your liver.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 03:04 PM (OQpzc)

205 164 I knew a guy who shot a black bear once. He said it looked him the eye, like "Why would you shoot me?" He sold his guns and never hunted again. Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 06:42 PM
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I'm sympathetic. My grandfather shot a black bear, which rolled on it's side and groaned in a fashion that seemed so human that my grandfather never hunted again. It stayed with him. On the other hand, he would slaughter a hog without blinking.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 03:05 PM (aDwsi)

206 I'm bright, not stupid, but..., I'm stupid too, so....

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 03:07 PM (aDwsi)

207 There is no right or wrong.  There is only what advances the agenda and what hinders it.

Posted by: mama winger at April 02, 2013 03:08 PM (P6QsQ)

208 oops sorry - wrong thread

Posted by: mama winger at April 02, 2013 03:08 PM (P6QsQ)

209 I'm sympathetic. My grandfather shot a black bear, which rolled on it's side and groaned in a fashion that seemed so human that my grandfather never hunted again. It stayed with him. On the other hand, he would slaughter a hog without blinking.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2013 07:05 PM (aDwsi)

 

I think that is exactly what my buddy felt. It was like shooting a human that didn't mean him any harm.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 03:27 PM (OQpzc)

210 Looks like it requires a jetway to get out of that thing. Also it needs more of a swampboat feel.

Posted by: TexasDan at April 02, 2013 03:27 PM (Fa3Hi)

211 Hovercraft only work on level surfaces, like water.
Think of an Air-hockey table, and how friction-less it is.
Imagine playing Air-hockey on a flat but inclined table = fail.
Imagine playing on a non flat, inclined, and wavy (golf course like) table = no way, ever!
The same goes with Hovercraft - not too far up the beach slope from the flat water, ever!

Posted by: MoJoTee at April 02, 2013 03:33 PM (e1kfW)

212 But it is totally real, just uncontrollable as hell!
 

Posted by: MoJoTee at April 02, 2013 03:38 PM (e1kfW)

213 Great, now build a carrier hovercraft that carries 3 of these babies inside with a launch ramp, put an awning over the main deck, add a full bar with a live band, and you got Jabba's Sail Barge.

Posted by: Chris Balsz at April 02, 2013 03:59 PM (5lScX)

214 band, and you got Jabba's Sail Barge.

Posted by: Chris Balsz at April 02, 2013 07:59 PM (5lScX)

 

If it comes with a slave Leia, I could be bought.

Posted by: Ook? at April 02, 2013 04:00 PM (OQpzc)

215 33 times less pressure than a human foot! So it's -32 x the pressure?

Posted by: Chris M at April 02, 2013 04:06 PM (4lyMJ)

216 > 117 I know, how about a12 gauge golf ball launcher! Actually, here in South Dakota, there's an unofficial game called Shotgun Golf. Farmers go out to a field and shoot at golf balls. Different size shot for different trajectories are an option, but really not many rules...

Posted by: sodak at April 02, 2013 04:13 PM (iaEBR)

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