Assertion: hovercraft's fan | /r/CapableOf | blow air
Facets:
value: downward
type: MANNER
value: underneath
type: LOCATION
value: to push the craft
type: PURPOSE
value: underneath the hovercraft
type: LOCATION
value: through the plenum chamber
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to cause
type: PURPOSE
value: into a container of some kind
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The main fan in the center blows air downward to push the craft upward, above the water.
text: Now it's certainly possible to build a simple hovercraft with a giant fan that blows air down into a container of some kind (you'll find plenty on YouTube—a couple of them are linked in the references at the bottom of this article); that design is called an open plenum ("plenum" being another word for the hollow region underneath the craft where the air gathers).
text: A downward-pointing fan can only blow air underneath, so hovercraft typically have one or more propeller fans on top of the hull, pointing backward to propel them forward.
text: Large fans, which are analogous to the vacuum cleaner nozzle on Cockerall’s tabletop developmental model, blow air down through the plenum chamber.
text: Powerful fans, like airplane propellers, blow air downward.
text: The main fan in the center blows air downward to push the craft upward, above the water.
text: downward-pointing fan can only blow air underneath, so hovercraft
text: These fans blow air underneath the hovercraft to cause it to lift off of the ground.