Flying Hovercraft Lawn Mower - No Wheels

Hover Mower by FLYMO See the worlds rarest lawn mower that really flies. Amazing technology in this unusual machine. Full lawn mower review, demo and of course REAL MOWING! Forget about stripes, wheel marks, leavings nothing behind.

[kiwiwanderingusa]

These "Flymo" models were fairly popular in New Zealand back in the day as well. I have personally used one at a friends house and liked the maneuverability of it. Great for smaller lawns and awesome on slopes. Like you pointed out, very useful for cutting grass at the verge of bushes etc. No wheel marks either which a lot of people like, for that perfect unbroken blanket of green.

[rick]

We had a hover mower when I was a kid back in the 60's it was ok but you couldn't get a very even cut leaving high spots from it tipping.

[david]

I'm 68 and have cut grass every year, but I never saw one for sale or even being used. Very cool!

[db]

Came to your video after seeing a Flymo 2-cycle version for free on FB marketplace. Great video!

[skiterbite]

1979, Grandma had me use the flymo in Bluefield WV where her property was on a 20-25% slope, it still was difficult but much easier than regular mowers.

[kevindawes]

I was just in a Toro Store and saw that Toro makes one now. I wanted to see one work and looked up hover mowers in the search, that is how I found this video. The salesman also said that they are great on slopes.

[stevenbertrand]

This style mower is a great tool for bunker face mowing on golf courses. Much easier to handle on steep faces. Great arm workout too! Lol

[gadgetboy]

these are still available in the UK, not so much the petrol powered version ( they do still make them ) but the electric ones can be bought in most hardware stores.

[joopvanderduim]

Dowm Memory Lane. I owned one when I was living in New Zealand. Liked it at first but found it unpractical when after the mowing was done I spent actually more time cleaning the concrete drive, the walls of the house and removing grass clippings and dust from my shoes, clothes and even from my underpants as it came up through my trousers. Found it very messy and started using the more usual mowers with a catcher.

[losttheplot]

I have one of these with a throttle lever on the handle. The Honda engine runs forever. Beast

[ALEX]

this is amazing. I never thought that these existed. Now I know that they do....have they really been around since the 1970s-80s? What is this technology called? hovering lawnmower. That's what I called it in my head before I discovered this video. I had always dreamed that it would be a magnetic levitating lawnmower and that there would be magnets way underneath the ground, then soil & patches of grass would be on top of it. I'm not sure how that would work though as the magnets would have to be really strong. Also, I would know how real grass and soil would grow on top on magnets. My guess is they probably wouldn't.

[TexasScout]

Believe it or not I can remember my grandfather showing me one of these in a hardware store in the early 1960s

[davidb]

I saw these back in the early 70's.

[cindyharlow]

I have Flymo from my neighbor. It’s a 1977 and I have the paperwork for it too. I remember him mowing his lawn. It’s hanging on the wall in the garage

[willmochang]

Thanks for sharing. What is the height of cut on this mower? Can you adjust the height of cut? Is it good for bumpy lawns?

[richardriggs]

I had one in the late 70's and early 80's."Wasn't worth aflying flip"pun intended.

[Twister]

Cool! I heard about one of these years ago from a friend of mine who worked for an Air Force general who owned one. like the idea of no tire lines but I bet you'd have to mow most types of grasses every 2-3 days to not develop/cause a huge thatch problem.

[cymond]

That picture of a UK yard was so small, I'm surprised people even bother to own a lawnmower

[lucasbergfors]

These mowers looks like the came from the future to me 😆

[shunoah]

I'm in the UK. The UK version is one of my mowers. It's useful in areas where you need to make tight turns and mow around obstacles. It has got a dead man's handle. There are two models in the UK. One is the Husqvarna GX560, and the other is the Flymo XL500. Both models have a dead man's handle.