Forget flying cars! Manager of Japanese baseball team enters stadium on a flying MOTORBIKE that costs a sky-high £500,000 and can travel at speeds of 60mph for up to 40 minutes

MAILONLINE and AFP ^ | , 31 March 2022 | JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR

[BenLurkin]

The vehicle, described as a cross between a motorcycle, a drone and a vertical take-off aircraft, can travel at speeds of 60 miles per hour for up to 40 minutes.

XTurismo looks like a scaled-up drone, except for its motorbike-style seat designed to carry a single passenger.

Shinjo, a flamboyant 50-year-old who calls himself Big Boss, appeared for his team the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters' first home game of the season.

With the spotlight on him, Shinjo was wheeled into the stadium along the ground, took off and soared high above the field before landing about a minute later.

Unfortunately, the epic stunt failed to bolster his team – the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters lost 4-0 to the Saitama Seibu Lions, leaving them still searching for a first win of the season.

'If you don't spend time thinking about how to win baseball games rather than getting ready for flashy performances, you'll get dragged down into the quagmire,' one Twitter user wrote after Tuesday's game, a 4-0 loss.

'Enough performances – get results,' wrote another.

[Seruzawa]

These must be soon to follow!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hGjl3zcJMk

[mowowie]

I was on google earth and did a straight line measurement from my house to the tip of Cape cod.
almost exactly 50 miles.

If i had something like this that traveled 50+mph and above the tree line i could have a real fun journey and be sitting on a sweet beach in less than an hour..whenever i want.

Jump back on it go get some fried clams..

[DownInFlames]

3 letters - FAA.

[mountn man]

"It needs forward, reverse and lateral side thrusters"
Rider is required to wear this

[Deaf Smith]

Very stealthy.

s/

[mowowie]

Hope they are using synthetic motor oil..

I wonder if there is a physical limit regarding size vs power and lift with rotors.
That thing a screaming and it was still pretty useless.
gonna need a lot more HP and torque and....RPM lol rpm

I like the corner rotors with the directional vanes.
Looked like some kind of crazy modified snow mobile.

[painter]

Are wood chippers that LOUD!?

[mowowie]

oh yea...

[SgtHooper]

USB? Couple minutes.

[Samurai_Jack]

a flying four bladed lawnmower in a capacity filled baseball stadium.

What could possibly go wrong!?

[Sirius Lee]

That’s not a flying motorbike. It’s a really big drone. Which is very cool, but not a flying motorbike.

More like a snowmobile or jetski for the air. An airmobile? Skyski?

[JD_UTDallas]

Three more words, Class G airspace.

In the USA class G is from sfc to 700AGL or 1200 AGL

In other countries class G goes up to FL100

[zeugma]

3 letters - FAA.

The main reason we don't have flying cars or motorbikes. Those 3 letters.

[packrat35]

What about this paramotor?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Z8YT6w7Rc