SWEEEEET!
It’ll probably be illegal to use here in America, though.
Frickin’ Washington doesn’t think us little people are capable of crossing the street without their assistance.
Videos coming soon
•We have seen a lot of visits recently and realize that some of you have come back to see if we have updated the videos page. We did hope to film the last test flight un-tethered, but unfortunately we needed to rebuild the propeller gearboxes due to unforeseen localized stress on a section of the mounting points. A quick design fix – but one that takes time and money to be re-manufactured and re-assembled.
•After the re-build we will conduct one more tethered test before we release the bike from the ground. We will have a new control system to test then, and we also need to learn to fly the bike (one way to look at this, is trying to fly a helicopter for the first time without an instructor)
that's the video I want to see...
What goes 0 mph at 0 feet off the ground? This hoverhoax.
Looks like it at least has potential. Hope nobody gets killed while testing the thing. lol
Since it's classified as an ultralight, you won't technically need a pilot's license
I don’t know about Australia but in the US this aircraft could not be classified as an Ultra-light.
With the speed and altitude he plans for it I don’t believe it could meet the requirements of an ultra-light.
It has been a long time since I read about them but from memory I believe that ultra-lights were limited to 55 knots (about 70 mph) and under 1000 feet
I want one!
That looks really stable. You could probably climb on, go to sleep, and the thing would fly itself.
HAHAHA.
I so want one of these!
It will never fly in America, pun intended.
Its too handy of a terrorist tool.
It gives too much freedom for Mr. Average American.
And so like a scene from ‘The Island” only elite Police or the Feds will have these.
Future Headline: Brisbane man chopped to bits by hoverbike blades....
The problem with mass-market flying vehicles isn't technology -- we've been able to build such devices for decades now, including whatever safety features are needed to make a controlled landing in the case of a system failure.
No, the problem is much more basic than that: air traffic control.
Or, as I like to put it: I'm not keen on giving the idiots who can't drive in two dimensions a third one to mess with.
The world needs more visionaries, and I think this fellow needs to be congratulated on his invention. My only question is what happens if this thing gets inverted?
Watch out for the power and telephone lines......
Candidate for the Darwin award???
And as the bikes fall out of the sky from various reasons (malfunctions, out of fuel, etc.) and the numbers of deaths rise precipitously, I’ll go get my ambulance er flying bike-chasing law degree and make millions overnight. This idea, like all flying cars or bike ideas, will fail on the simple fact that you can coast your car to the side of the road when it malfunctions, but a flying whatever that malfunctions while several thousand feet in the air will go down very rapidly.
