This is my lift mount. I'm really proud of that, but it's Ben Tilson's idea. That's stainless square tube, mounted on 1" rubber hose. There's a wood "deck" you can sort of see between the front rubber, which is 3/4 green treat plywood with a couple T nuts on the bottom. It's all foamed inside the hull, then glassed over. The back is two pieces of 1" wood foamed to the cockpit-side of the duct. No clamping there but a tight fit. The whole lift engine, mount and fan can be removed by disconnecting some wire and pulling those four bolts you can see in front.
	Here you can see my dash. That looks great and it was also Ben's idea. However it was only 1/8 plywood and the first cruise i stuck my knee through it just because I was turning to look at something. There are a few hovercrafts around with the same sort of dash now, but I only hope they built theirs a little sturdier. I would rather be able to stick my knee where I stuck it before, so I won't be doing that style again soon.
	The Ken Roberts Hovercraft Flotation Device. It's standard pink foam cut to fit so the block is just tight enough in between the ribs so it can't easily get out, but loose enough that you CAN get it out if you want to. Spray foamed together. Great idea, except that there's still all sorts of room in this hull for water to get. This was put to the test when I jumped an 8.5 foot dam later in Dixon, IL. I got about a foot of water there and then the thing stopped sinking. The scary part is I actually got back on bubble. There were two trap doors that didn't have the doors on, ch is probably where the water got in anyway, and then how it got back out.
	The rearward part of my lift engine mount is those two boards that are foamed on. That's actually just great stuff, which really terrifies me when I think of it.
	The aluminum square tube motor mounts are a Very Bad Idea. Vibration fractures everywhere, and a blown engine to boot.