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Hoverbikes are finally here, but don't expect to fly cheap
www.nbcnews.com ^ | Nov. 13, 2018 / 11:18 AM CST | By Tom Metcalfe

Posted on 11/14/2018 7:39:58 AM PST by Red Badger

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I want one!.................
1 posted on 11/14/2018 7:39:58 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: martin_fierro

MOTORCYCLE PING!....................


2 posted on 11/14/2018 7:40:21 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

VIDEO AT LINK!.................


3 posted on 11/14/2018 7:40:47 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Pretty sure ducted fans would have been a much better option than the Slicer/Dicer they show.


4 posted on 11/14/2018 7:45:40 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Red Badger

Awesome! A flying guillotine.


5 posted on 11/14/2018 7:45:51 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Red Badger

Un-enclosed rotors on a near-ground vehicle?
What could go wrong?


6 posted on 11/14/2018 7:46:29 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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“Richard Anderson, a professor of aerospace engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida: “I assume if you ran into somebody it would chop them up.”

Gee....ya think??


7 posted on 11/14/2018 7:47:36 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: Red Badger

This thing is safe until somebody dies flying one which will happen.


8 posted on 11/14/2018 7:47:55 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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I wouldn’t get anywhere near that thing.


9 posted on 11/14/2018 7:48:20 AM PST by sheana
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To: Red Badger

“Get on da choppah!”


10 posted on 11/14/2018 7:49:19 AM PST by TADSLOS (ThereÂ’s No Way that EVERYBODY was Kung Fu Fighting.)
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To: Mastador1

LoL, exactly. A helicopter with blades at ground level. What could go wrong?


11 posted on 11/14/2018 7:49:55 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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“Richard Anderson, a professor of aerospace engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida: “I assume if you ran into somebody it would chop them up.”

Gee....ya think??

New series:


12 posted on 11/14/2018 7:50:47 AM PST by freedumb2003 (As always, IMHO.)
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To: Red Badger

This device gives the term “chopper” a whole new literal meaning.


13 posted on 11/14/2018 7:51:22 AM PST by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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To: numberonepal

Thompson smg’s made good choppers fot gangsters way back.


14 posted on 11/14/2018 7:56:18 AM PST by wally_bert (I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
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To: Red Badger

And the pool opens on when the first person will lose a limb or be decapitated by one of these things is now officially open.


15 posted on 11/14/2018 7:57:36 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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This thing is safe until somebody dies flying one which will happen.

OR gets hit by somebody flying one...............

16 posted on 11/14/2018 7:59:57 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: HamiltonJay

I predict ‘day one’...................


17 posted on 11/14/2018 8:00:54 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

We really don’t have to worry about it. None are flying yet and when they do and start crashing regulations will appear quickly.


18 posted on 11/14/2018 8:03:55 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: numberonepal

Can you imagine a ‘gang’ of these things?....................


19 posted on 11/14/2018 8:08:02 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

I want one too. I can’t wait to do loop-de-loops and barrel rolls and astound my family and friends.


20 posted on 11/14/2018 8:11:17 AM PST by BipolarBob (The California fires started by them burning Republican ballots before they were counted.)
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