Tyco Typhoon Hovercraft
Tech | Tools – Typoon
Typhoon Hovercraft
Seriously, a Radio Controlled (RC) hovercraft… wait, what? RC HOVERCRAFTS ARE REAL! Who does that? Tyco Does! Childhood nostalgia, commerical for the Tyco Typhoon and Mini Typhoon. Early drone, like some toy drones today, Typoon and Mini Typhoon were awesome. Very cool! 90’s tech gadgets/toys… above all else, it worked! I’d like to think this would work in a pool, stream or small lake or pond. For perspective, I use to drive the Typhoon over the pool cover in the dead of winter. No fear of loosing the boat in water due to battery loss or boat failure. Ice worked well, since it’s a moderately smooth surface, some snow impedence from time-to-teim; no major blockage. Ice performed pretty well now that I’ve journeyed back in memory.
As the memory becomes more clear, as a kid, this boat/thing could rip through land and ice obsticales pretty well. Various water traps, sand and pond ice as well. Never had the heart to try the hovercraft in snow/snow covered drive or street. A perfect RC for beginners, NOOBS and your avid RC race fan. If, and a big if at that, if you could get your hands on one of these RC boats today, where would you choose to race the Typhoon? Perhaps, but this was a very cool RC boat back in the day.