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26th Aug 2014

Video: World’s greatest Dad builds his son a homemade hovercraft

This kid's Dad is a real-life feckin' MacGyver.

Eoghan Doherty

This kid’s Dad is a real-life feckin’ MacGyver.

What’s your Dad done for you lately? Given you some pocket money so you could go get yourself a Wham bar? Paid your extortionate tuition fees so you could go to college? Taught you about morality, life and educated you in the way of the world so that you could become a better person and venture out on your own, a more complete and rounded human being than you were before?

Well, all of those things are PURE SH*T compared to what this Dad has done for his kid. The YouTuber, known only as Papa, only went and built his son a floopin’ working hovercraft. It’s actually the second version of the homemade vehicle and, according to Papa, it’s made using a “polystyrene insulation board,” along with what looks like a hand vacuum and a rope to steer.

And love Papa, don’t forget the love… the most important ingredient of all.

Jealous…

Clip via Papa on YouTube and main image via nikopik.

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