Hoverbikes are finally here, but don't expect to fly cheap

www.nbcnews.com ^ | Nov. 13, 2018 / 11:18 AM CST | By Tom Metcalfe

[Daffynition]

Multiple use machines, is where's it at.

[Windflier]

It slices! It dices!

[RandallFlagg]

Meh. I’ll wait for the speederbike from Return of the Jedi.

[Yulee]

I want one!.................
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Don’t fall off, those blades can take a bite out of you quickly.

[Daffynition]

Helmet laws? Modifications?

[Daffynition]

Then, the policia will want them. Didn't we go through this with the gubbermint giveaway of SUVs to police departments across the fruited plain?

[NormsRevenge]

Way to many moving parts and solid objects awaiting contact for me, like the driver and the ERF.

At least they didn’t name it the Icarus.

[Anti-Bubba182]

I think they will be banned or restricted to recreational courses like a race track.

[Paal Gulli]

Vertical flight is hideously expensive. That’s why a helicopter costs several times more to buy (and operate and maintain) than an airplane with equivalent performance. It’s also why Burt Rutan won the Ansari X-Prize with a horizontal takeoff parasite launch system.

[Ezekiel]

Only in America.

Is this a great country, or what?

[Mastador1]

This is Merica, and on top of it FR! We don't read no stinkin articles before we post, plus it was a joke son, gotta learn to take a joke or comments made in jest, otherwise tell people up front so you don't get a burr in your posterior.

I've been reading articles about flying cars and flying cycles for decades and they are still, if ever approved for urban/suburban use toys for the rich. Call me when one of them gets actual FAA approval and pricing for the masses...........about the same time we get working cold fusion no doubt.

[IronJack]

How long did it take the Wild Bunch to ravage Hollister?

[Red Badger]

90 minutes give or take a commercial or two..............

[gnarledmaw]

“Power lines above 300 volts require a minimum of 15 feet...NFPA suggests a minimum height of 18 feet.”

[freedumb2003]

If the blades were underneath it could be marketed as a hovermower.

Or hair cut appliance:

[BobL]

Cannot even clear power lines and trees. Maybe they’ll work flying over water, but that’s about it.

[Ozark Tom]

Oddjob approves!