The Hovercats are coming! Please help me welcome students from the University of New Hampshire to our playing fields. This is the first year that UNH has fielded a Hovercraft Racing Team and they look forward to competing on a national level in the Hoverclub of America's Collegiate Design and Construct Competition being held next June in Chillicothe, Ohio. For a senior project the UNH Mechanical Engineering department is building a hovercraft to race against other colleges. To raise money for our project, a golf tournament was hosted at The Oaks Golf Course in Somersworth, NH. The event was called the Hover-Cats Classic, and might have the potential to turn into an annual event? All Proceeds went to Benefit the 05/06 UNH Mechanical Engineering Hovercraft Senior Design Project. Many local business helped with the finances to allow the UNH ME undergraduate seniors to design, build, and race a formula-unlimited hovercraft prototype on a national stage. To show sponsors and fellow team mates what the ultimate goal might look like, I showed up for a demonstration with one of my racing hovercrafts. I also gave rides to people on the driving range. This allowed some of the parents and teachers, most of which had never seen a hovercraft, of what their kids (...or young adults I should call them) are getting into. More info and further future project updates, including many more pictures from this event, go to: http://www.unh.edu/hovercats/

Arrival at The Oaks golf course . Showing the craft to the students. Technical advisor May-Win Thein is getting her first ride on a Hovercraft. ...I think she likes it?