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Hydraulic drive for hovercraft

Hydraulic drive for hovercraft

Hydraulic drive for hovercraft

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Hello engineers,

First time on the site, bear with me.  Am planning to build a hovecraft, and have a problem with having a 12' belt driving the lift fan.  Have thought of using a hydraulic pump to power both the lift and the thrust fan, possibly with a reversible pump for the thrust fan to provide a reverse without additional ducting as in a turbine.  Any place, or personal knowledge of efficiencies for this setup?  Would like a hydrostatic drive style for both controls, with aforementioned reverse on thrust motor.  Am I out of line, or is this a feasible alternative to direct drive.  Thanks for your input, Brian

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