Flying hovercraft for sale

A New Zealand inventor has put a bizarre floating machine that can also take to the skies up for sale.

Mechanic Rudy Heeman took the model of a hovercraft to create the WIG or "wing in ground effective vehicle".



It rides like a normal hovercraft but, once it reaches a speed of 70km an hour, it becomes airborne. It took Mr Heeman more than a decade to complete the machine.

Over those years, he taught himself to laminate fibreglass, modify car engines and gain an understanding in basic aeronautics in order to drive the vehicle himself.



Some of the parts used to create his flying hovercraft are household items, including "an old gas bottle of a barbecue", he said. The wings are removable - a handy feature for transporting the WIG, but deadly if they are not secured properly.

Mr Heeman is now trying to sell his flying hovercraft at trademe.co.nz.