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Old 05-05-2011, 05:12 PM   #30290
WT Sharpe
Bah, humbug!
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Originally Posted by orlok View Post
Thanks WT for explaining. The theory is that the hover mower glides effortlessly on a cushion of air. The reality is that you wrench your back and arm muscles trying to swing the damn thing back and forth, and you never get any straight "mow" lines using them.
The thing that gets me about that contraption is how can it cut grass in a uniform manner when in order to hover, it must blow down on the grass? It sounds counter-productive.

In the video, it looks like the operators are all trying desperately to avoid having their feet cut by the thing.
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