The Autopian dream has taken many forms over the years. In 1960, apparently, it included personal hovercraft. Steve Lodefink's Finkbuilt presents a lineup of these hybrids of personal autonomy and ...

Personal hovercraft have never been as popular as ATVs or powerboats, but Michael Mercier is on a mission to change that. By day, he designs paper shredders. But with a lot of hard work, some ...

Discover the fascinating journey of building a Micro Hovercraft from scratch in this hands-on DIY engineering project. Watch ...

What might look like wheels at first glance are actually fan ducts that allow this luxury amphibious hovercraft to float seven inches off water or solid ground. Developed by VonMercier, the Arosa is ...

Frustrated with what they see as stagnation in the evolution of hovercraft design over recent decades, cousins Michael Mercier and Chris Jones have teamed up in an effort to bring the personal ...

Well, this headline is what you might call poetic license in that it needs extra clarification: anyone can build a hovercraft at home, as long as that "anyone" is skilled, hard-working, determined, ...

When Michael Mercier, founder and CEO of battery-electric hovercraft maker VonMercier, was a teenager, he had a monthly subscription to Boys’ Life. “It was the kind of magazine where you could get ...

The humble hovercraft has been around since the 1950s, floating drivers over land, sand and water alike on cushions of air trapped under flexible skirts. While they're not a common sight, they're ...