ground-effect machines

Presents detailed plans and instructions for creating more than twenty different contraptions that use low-cost or free materials, batteries, and a single motor.

"In science fiction, hoverboard users glide above sidewalks on machines that look like skateboards with no wheels. How could one of these floating boards be created? Scientists have some ideas, which include using powerful magnets. Discover the science and technology behind what it would take to make a real-life hoverboard!"--Provided by publisher.

Fourteen-year-old Jason Chaser races hover cars. Jason and his brother, "the Bug, " have been accepted to the International Race School, where they race against great difficulties.

"Introduces the reader on how to make flyers"--.

Fourteen-year-old Jason Chaser races hover cars. Jason and his brother, "the Bug, " have been accepted to the International Race School, where they race against great difficulties. Jason Chaser has the need for speed-hyper speed. With his brother, the Bug, navigating, the fourteen-year-old hover car racing phenom is geared up to take the world by storm. Jason's first stop, however, is the prestigious International Race School, where he has to match skill and will against tyrannical instructors, sabotaged equipment, and the planet's best teenage fliers. Included in that mix are Jason's hometown rival and all-around cretin, Barnaby Becker; American Ariel Piper, the first girl to ever be accepted into race school; and a mysterious driver in black-who never seems to lose. The chills and thrills (and awe-inspiring spills) come fast and furious as New York Times best-selling author Matthew Reilly delivers a pulse-pounding, hard-driving, high-octane, no-holds-barred teen techo-thriller sure to have readers enthralled from starting line to checkered flag.

Explains how hovercraft float and move forward, and describes the kinds of cargo they carry.

In the world of the near future, the most popular sport in the world is hover car racing. Superfast and dangerous, its heroes are the racers: part fighter pilot, part race-car driver, all superstar. But to get to the Pro Circuit, you must first pass through the International Race School, a brutal cauldron of wild races on even wilder courses, where only the best of the best will survive. This is the story of Jason Chaser, a talented young racer selected to attend the Race School. He's younger than the other students. He's smaller. His trusty car, the Argonaut, is older. But Jason Chaser is no ordinary racer. And as he races against the best drivers in the world he will learn that at Race School winning is everything, that not everyone in this world fights fair, and that you never ever have any friends on the track.

Details the parts of hovercrafts, explains how they work, describes their common uses, and offers information on the history of these vehicles.

Photographs and simple text describe the various types of hovercrafts and how they are used.

After his accident, it looks like Jason doesn't have a chance on the professional race circuit, but tries to overcome his misfortune and rivals and become one of the top four students at the International Race School, giving him a chance to compete in the New York Masters.