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Hovair Systems Air Bearings Featured On NBC's Tonight Show With Jay Leno

NBC's Tonight Show - with Jay Leno -  featured a Hovair Systems' set of air bearings and load modules incorporated beneath a weighted base which had a large chair mounted on it for demo purposes.

Jay Leno welcomed a regular guest on the show - "mad scientist" David Willey - who went on to demonstrate the power of air bearings - referred to on the program as aero-casters - their fantastic lifting capacity and a fundamental description of how they worked.

Jay Leno introducing the Tonight Show

Jay Leno & David Willey checking out a module

The unit that was demonstrated consisted of 4 Hovair air bearings housed in round steel modules, mounted at each corner of the base unit and operated by a single cylinder of compressed air. Also used was a smaller cylinder of carbon dioxide for visual and audible effects.

David Willey explaining the air bearings setup

David Willey explaining how an air bearings work

Finally, Jay Leno was seated in the chair and David Willey demonstrated just how easy a sizeable weight - that of Jay Leno and the weighted base - could be moved around effortlessly by one person. The demo culminated with Jay Leno being propelled downstage, hovercraft fashion, into a pile of rubber bowling pins.

David Willey showing a Hovair steel module

Jay Leno about to be propelled across the stage

This demo illustrated just how easy it is to link a few individual air bearings into a set and use their power to lift heavy weights. Moreover, it showed how easy it is for just one person to manage a heavy load quite safely and efficiently.