Assertion: hovercraft | /r/CapableOf | use air
Facets:
value: from balloons
type: OTHER
value: to levitate a craft
type: PURPOSE
value: to float on the surface
type: PURPOSE
value: by definition
type: OTHER
value: far
type: TEMPORAL
value: to lift a vehicle
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Hovercrafts use air to lift a vehicle off of a surface but there has to be a lot of it moving very fast, straight down.
text: But where a helicopter balances its own weight (the force of gravity pulling it down) with a massive down-draft of air (pushing it back up again), a hovercraft works in a much more subtle way that allows it to use far less air, far more efficiently, so getting by with a much smaller engine and considerably less fuel.
text: They build a hovercraft using air from balloons to levitate a craft made from compact discs (CD) and watch it slide across a surface.
text: They build a hovercraft using air from balloons to levitate a craft made from compact discs (CD) and watch it slide across a surface.
text: By definition, the hovercraft uses air to float on the surface and it can be considered a boat, but if it does have a motor above board then it can be considered a type of air boat, despite the significant differences between the two, solely based on the only statutory definition in the SC Code.