Design and control of a pneumatic transport system

In this thesis, hovercrafts, the most common pneumatic transport systems and their controls are investigated.To success in hovercraft design critical points are thrust and lift systems. It can be difficult to correct errors after the craft has been completed. So the aim of this work was to develop a method of predicting the performance of a hovercraft. The relationships between lift and thrust, blade angle, engine speed, fan pressure are investigated. At the last stage, a model of hovercraft, controlled by a remote control, was designed and built according to calculations. Results are rechecked on hovercraft model.