Uh 18 hoverwing skirt

The skirt

I’ve been making up the hover skirt, once you get into it, it’s not so complicated. I found the trickiest bit was to get it to hang right. So I’ll tell you how I have done mine.

When I first put mine on it was terrible, sagging in places and too tight in others. 

So what I did was sit the hover on trestles so it’s a good couple of feet off the ground, then start at the back of the craft by marking the centre of the skirt fabric top and bottom, use these marks to line up with the centre line on the hull top side and underside to help get it hanging right, connect up the inner and outer rear and the rear corners.

Next use drawing pins and pin the outer skirt to the outer attachment full length rear to front.

Next crawl underneath and start pinning it up on the inner attachment, working from the rear to the front. That way you can keep an eye on the bag remaining even all the way to the front - it should resemble a U shape. However as you approach the front of the craft about a foot or so before the lift duct, the skirt will begin to bunch up in places, apparently this is ok, you just add in an extra screw where needed. Just make sure you maintain an even U shape the whole way.  been making up the hover skirt, once you get into it, it’s not so complicated. I found the trickiest bit was to get it to hang right. So I’ll tell you how I have done mine.

When I first put mine on it was terrible, sagging in places and too tight in others. 

So what I did was sit the hover on trestles so it’s a good couple of feet off the ground, then start at the back of the craft by marking the centre of the skirt fabric top and bottom, use these marks to line up with the centre line on the hull top side and underside to help get it hanging right, connect up the inner and outer rear and the rear corners.

Next use drawing pins and pin the outer skirt to the outer attachment full length rear to front.

Next crawl underneath and start pinning it up on the inner attachment, working from the rear to the front. That way you can keep an eye on the bag remaining even all the way to the front - it should resemble a U shape. However as you approach the front of the craft about a foot or so before the lift duct, the skirt will begin to bunch up in places, apparently this is ok, you just add in an extra screw where needed. Just make sure you maintain an even U shape the whole way. 

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