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Mom, can I vacuum the floors again today? Please?
Hovercraft Vacuum Cleaner
http://en.wikipedia...eaner#Constellation
[spidermother, Oct 28 2011]
The Hoover Constellation
http://homepage.ntl...nstellation_862.jpg
Only the bottom half of this one is purple... [Canuck, Oct 29 2011]
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So it sucks _and_ blows? If it somehow routes the blown air through a filter, possibly; but crumbly, messy bun is pending an elaborate, long-winded, and convoluted explanation. |
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It would really have to suck (big time) if it hovers above the floor- to really gather any dirt...It might just go into flight! |
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Not sure about that -- what if we simply used
brushes to actually pick up the dirt? |
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A more ambitious idea might be to use a Dyson array
along the skirt of the hovercraft |
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I think it's going to require catching the dust that is
blown up by the blower. Either that, or a few
schnozzleappendages. But I don't really think it's
appropriate to discuss those on a family website like
this. |
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very cool -- thanks spidermother for that link. The
capability having been established, let's remember
that the idea is for one that a kid could ride on. |
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Yep, we had one of those Hoovers. A purple one, I think, sort of like the one in my link. It was fun the first couple of times you used it, but the novelty wore off pretty quickly after that. |
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Eventually I discovered I could turn it over and inflate dry cleaning bags with hot air, then launch them up the stairwell. |
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wait, it went up the stairwell itslef? |
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As the adverts say, "It's a lot less bother with a
hother." |
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//It was fun the first couple of times you used it, but the novelty wore off pretty quickly after that. //
as did the paint, IIRC. |
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