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Arbotech International - Learn more about this breakthrough hovercraft technology! Click Here


Contact Arbortech - Use the link below to contact the manufacturer! Click Here



Airboard Video - Check out this stunning video clip from Arbortech! (Quicktime) Click Here


PTC Case Study- Wow! This product development company assembled a first-rate review of the Airboard, in PDF format! Click Here


SharpMan Review- This indy-blog reviews the Airboard online! Click Here


Really Cool Toys- Another detailed page reviewing the Airboard. Click Here


Hover Club - The Hover-Club of America features this page including the Airboard. Click Here


 Airboard FAQ- The official FAQ from Arbortech, including info on a 'limited edition' model. Click Here

 

 

Air-Cushion Technology

The 6-foot diameter Airboard relies on a mini-turbo gas-engine for both levitationa and propulsion, travelling at up to 15 mph! click here

CAD-Rendering for the XADS Production Model StunStrike.

Australian Expertise

The Arbortech company specializes in high-tech woodworking technologies, but made a real splash with the introduction of the Airboard! click here

CAD-Rendering for the XADS Production Model StunStrike.

Ease of Use

The Airboard has a clutch and a gas-pedal -- those are the only required controls to pilot this remarkable air-cushion technology. click here

CAD-Rendering for the XADS Production Model StunStrike.

High Maneuverability

The rider leans to either side on the Airboard to shift body-weight: this in turn makes the Airboard turn at any angle, including a spin. click here

CAD-Rendering for the XADS Production Model StunStrike.

What is the Airboard?

Start it up, hop on, adjust the throttle and off you go! Australia's Arbortech, Inc. debuted the Airboard in the Sydney Olympics in 2000, and it makes quite an impression! The Airboard carries a single passenger on a cushion of air, like a hovercraft, only smaller.

The Airboard has a diameter of 6-feet, but the deck-height is only 1-foot off the ground, making it a unique approach to personal transportation. It can carry up to 220-pounds, and has a maximum-speed of 15 mph (25 kph). In essence, the Airboard is everything that the Segway should have been -- including being steered by shifting the rider's weight.

The Airboard in Action
 

The Airboard is a perfect example of incremental advances in known aerospace technology. It relies on high-power fans driven by a mini-turbo internal-combustion powerplant for both air-cushion levitation and forward thrust. These characteristics put the device squarely in the realm of aero-mechanical engineering, but it nonetheless shines as a wondeful example of tackling the tough engineering challenges associated with existing technologies.