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The Latest in Hovercraft News, Both Fake and Real

By Rain Noe - April 3, 2013

in Cars

Which of these two photos above has been Photoshopped?

Which of these two photos above has been Photoshopped?

Here's your answer.

Here's your answer.

Last week, North Korea got a black eye for Photoshopping their amphibious hovercraft military force, so this has got to sting: Here we Westerners are with so many resources that we're creating hovercrafts not just to transport troops... but to make it easier to get around the golf course. Yesterday golfer Bubba Watson and sponsor Oakley released this video of a hovercraft golf cart. (You'd think this was an April Fool's Day joke, but if it is, it's a day late.)

Sure, this thing deserves the hashtag #firstworldproblems, but one thing I did find interesting was the "33 times less than a human foot" pressure statistic. You hear that, Kim Jong Un? We won't even mess up our perfectly manicured recreational lawns. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

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bob

11 years ago

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I am still waiting for hover spnkix
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goodmaei

11 years ago

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http://www.neoterichovercraft.com/ made the hovercraft -- Chris (the British "Hovercraft Expert" in the video) runs the business out of a nondescript little building in Terre Haute, IN. Odd guy, odd-er shop -- but they do good work.
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Sam

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Has this vehicle been made purely as a viral marketing tool? If so, that is awesome.
I imagine this thing would be a bit too loud to be used on a golf course IRL. I noticed that they conveniently muted the sound of the engine except for the first second of video, hovercrafts are LOUD, even with the "noise reduction motor".
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