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Removing the Mower Skirt

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Hovercraft + Lawnmower = fly mower.

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What happens here

Observing the mower's difficulty in thick grass, the user removes the plastic 'skirt' from around the base of the mower, which is designed to help it hover. He postulates that removing it might improve cutting performance in dense vegetation by allowing the blades more direct access to the grass without the lifting action interfering as much.

Goal: Attempt to improve cutting performance by removing the mower's skirt

Tools and materials

  • Hover Mower Original California Trimmer — The mower being modified

What they say

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you can see right through right through to the water so you'll be solid ground here and then you're down you know 18 inches right next to it i don't think it's going to fly mow over something like that so let's find a better testing ground i just want to see how much tall grass it can cut because i'd like to try to take it across and mow shangri-la douche well the shoreline there i just don't know if it's going to have enough power to motion anger a lot douche there's shangri-la just coming along getting her getting an update let's see we got some areas over here we

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