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1 posted on 04/30/2025 7:04:30 PM PDT by Red Badger
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https://youtu.be/-Fev5M_7Wnw


2 posted on 04/30/2025 7:05:13 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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A flying Motorcycle!..................


3 posted on 04/30/2025 7:05:43 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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AVIATION PING!......................


5 posted on 04/30/2025 7:06:49 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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With limited range I could see it very good for search and rescue. I have worked on similar products. None have had commercial success as the biggest hurdle is the weight of the batteries. No one wants to make ICE models.


9 posted on 04/30/2025 7:15:30 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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It reminds me of those speeder bikes in Return of the Jedi.


10 posted on 04/30/2025 7:16:27 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One w!as a cylindrical object)
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Looks like a good way to die.


12 posted on 04/30/2025 7:22:43 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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I think a parachute would be very helpful.


13 posted on 04/30/2025 7:22:50 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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Looks like an ejection seat minus the plane.


14 posted on 04/30/2025 7:23:48 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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I see room to improve this with retractable landing gear in an aerodynamic way.


16 posted on 04/30/2025 7:30:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Does it require a motorcycle or pilot’s license? 🙂


18 posted on 04/30/2025 7:36:46 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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I’d buy one.


19 posted on 04/30/2025 7:37:30 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Must. Have. One!


22 posted on 04/30/2025 7:45:54 PM PDT by Chainmail (You can vote your way into Socialism - but you will have to shoot your way out.)
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I WANT ONE!!!!


23 posted on 04/30/2025 8:08:11 PM PDT by Agatsu77
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The idea isn’t that young.

https://www.google.com/search?q=wiley+coyote+rocket+bide+video&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS957US957&oq=&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgAECMYJxjqAjIJCAAQIxgnGOoCMgkIARAjGCcY6gIyCQgCECMYJxjqAjIJCAMQIxgnGOoCMgkIBBAjGCcY6gIyCQgFECMYJxjqAjIJCAYQIxgnGOoCMhEIBxAAGAMYQhiPARi0AhjqAtIBCTY2NjdqMGoxNagCCLACAfEFTYk5NyPEHkE&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#sv=CBMSGQoIYzFkNzhlNzMSC1VwdDdaVHZjcmlZGAAgw7-l_AIwAQ

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25 posted on 04/30/2025 8:18:20 PM PDT by whitney69
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Looks very cool, but in this new era of Ai videos, I’m not convinced it’s real. If it is real, then I suspect the flight time is probably 10 minutes.🤣


28 posted on 04/30/2025 9:33:28 PM PDT by catbertz
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“no spinnign propellers”

Any mention in there about jet blast and noise level?

Your neighbors might object as they did to your Ducati with factory race exhaust.


29 posted on 04/30/2025 10:34:38 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
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31 posted on 05/01/2025 7:51:50 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Smells like vaporware...

No specs. No cost. No details at all.


32 posted on 05/01/2025 8:28:49 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Vertical flight is hideously inefficient and expensive. That thing has ZERO lift-generating surfaces on it, so it’s all thrust. Look at the trees beneath it swaying in the breeze of its downwash. Which means not only is it incredibly inefficient, there’s no back-up — except a parachute — if the engine poops the bed.

In such a small package, I can’t imagine it’s controlled by anything except a gimballing exhaust nozzle. Which means it’s also using computer-aided stability. You’re balanced by a computer on top of a column of thrust. Which makes the computer a single point of failure.

The good new is, ejecting would be like — dare I say it — falling off a log.


40 posted on 05/01/2025 6:25:38 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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45 posted on 05/01/2025 9:45:14 PM PDT by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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