Something about this seems familiar 🏄🍃

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DeadRoach80@reddit

I had a recurring dream when I was kid of flying this over tree tops at night.

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Playful-Dimension734@reddit

I saw this in the back of boys life back in the day

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nielmot@reddit

I miss those ads in the back of science/tech magazines back in the day. Luckily I was young and not able to order on my own or I would have fallen into the traps all the time. Only did once.

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TankDestroyerSarg@reddit

Boys Life for me. Never did order anything.

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Fubushi@reddit

So how well did the X-ray glasses work?

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901CountryBlumpkin69@reddit

I remember they made everything just have this weird rainbow hue. Total junk

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thedragonsword@reddit

Pretty sure the same ad ran in Boy's Life in the 90's, would have gotten me in a second if I had money.

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Kindyno@reddit

If you were in boy scouts, this was in the back of every boy's life magazine

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Tommy_Tsunami-_@reddit

Bruhhhh in the back of EVERY Boys Life Boy Scout magazine I ever got. I always wanted to save for it but my ADD never let me lmao. Glad I never did it, even as I kid I knew this was bull.

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BeefModeTaco@reddit

Oh yeah, I definitely remember this. I was eyeballing my mamaw's old canister style vacuum... but no, I never tried to build it. I had too many video games to play... just like now...

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901CountryBlumpkin69@reddit

Boys Life magazine had me wanting to buy this, some X-ray glasses, and chameleon lizards.

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Oh man I was obsessed with this ad as a kid. My endlessly patient dad built me a version for a science fair with a leaf blower — looking back I can’t believe he had the energy and time for that. What an absolute legend.

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lighthorizon222@reddit

I remember this ad. I think I saw it in a Boys Life magazine. Was this real?

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beeleedeekeed@reddit

These used to be in the back of Boys Life magazines. My friends dad helped us make one with his leaf blower. It was fun until we thought we'd try it on the pond. Sank immediately. Dad was PISSED.

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knuckle_headers@reddit

The decoder ring podcast does a deep dive on this in the "The quest for a homemade hovercraft' episode. It's been a while since I listened to it but if I remember correctly they find the son of the guy that made the original designs. They may even build one before they're done. I'm gonna have to relisten to it.

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OutrageousReveal303@reddit

I remember this ad in a Boy Scouts magazine that was full of knives that an 8 year old child me wanted so badly. I spent that lawn mowing money on an n64… still have it to this day !

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hotsliceofjesus@reddit

I bought the plans for this! I even had an old vacuum motor I salvaged. The plans weren’t bad but just a little bit too complicated for how old I was back then and by the time I was older and had a bit of real spending cash, I was more interested in using it for other things.

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MiksBricks@reddit

Go to a thrift store and pickup a battery/gas powered leaf blower and use that to fill the lift skirt. Works well actually.

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virtualadept@reddit

I don't know about Mythbusters, but Bill Nye built something like that on his show in the late 90's (I saw it in undergrad) and went scooting around on it.

I have to admit, I always wanted to buy these plans just to see what they said. It could have been jetwash, it could have been silly.

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BobTheCowComic@reddit

I like how they have FREE in huge text but in tiny text next to it is just an iron on

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FacePunchPow5000@reddit

Yes, they used that exact ad as the basis for a project on the show.