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Flyboard (Flying Skateboard can go to 10K feet, 93 MPH - WOW)
Video ^ | May 2016 | Franky Zapata

Posted on 05/30/2017 6:46:22 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus

5 Minute video of flying hover board.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: flyingskateboard
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Can attain heights of 10,000 feet, travel at 93 MPH, and can go 25 miles. Commuter of the future? Rapid attack force? Search and rescue? Drone Men?

New growth industry?

Or never get off the ground due to too much regulation?

I hate to see it go upside down, and drive the flyer straight into the dirt.

https://flyboard.com/flyboardair/

1 posted on 05/30/2017 6:46:22 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus
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To: Titus-Maximus

Back to the future, McFly!


2 posted on 05/30/2017 6:48:26 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: Titus-Maximus

Don’t try going over water, though...............


3 posted on 05/30/2017 6:53:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (You can't assimilate one whose entire reason for being here is to not assimilate in the first place.)
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To: Titus-Maximus

Whoever thought up the JETSON cartoon series was a visionary.


4 posted on 05/30/2017 6:54:06 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Red Badger

Did you watch the video?


5 posted on 05/30/2017 6:54:31 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: Titus-Maximus

IronMan


6 posted on 05/30/2017 6:55:52 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Right Brother

That was a reference to the BTTF2 scene where Marty, unknowingly took the hoverboard over the pool....................


7 posted on 05/30/2017 6:56:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (You can't assimilate one whose entire reason for being here is to not assimilate in the first place.)
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To: Titus-Maximus

Holy crap!


8 posted on 05/30/2017 6:57:44 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say)
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To: Titus-Maximus

This looks awesome but probably the next Segway. A totaly cool niche.


9 posted on 05/30/2017 6:58:04 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Red Badger

I got it now.


10 posted on 05/30/2017 6:58:44 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: Titus-Maximus

I’m not worried about it getting off the ground, but about how it gets back on the ground.


11 posted on 05/30/2017 6:59:35 AM PDT by Buttons12
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To: Titus-Maximus

Cool way for a hundred Marines to launch a surprise attack on an enemy - though I’m sure the DoD has a superior version of this already.


12 posted on 05/30/2017 6:59:44 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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https://youtu.be/588du55BcAY


13 posted on 05/30/2017 7:00:04 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Titus-Maximus

I watch that video and only one word comes to mind:

“SPLAT!!”


14 posted on 05/30/2017 7:00:28 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Titus-Maximus

Kinda makes that one on GMA this morning look crude and obsolete already..............


15 posted on 05/30/2017 7:03:00 AM PDT by Red Badger (You can't assimilate one whose entire reason for being here is to not assimilate in the first place.)
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The water-spout is photo-shopped out.


16 posted on 05/30/2017 7:03:43 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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I think you have to learn how to fly it and position and balance yourself. So those Marines would be specially trained. But it is a very interesting concept.

But take 4 of these devices and install on each corner of a platform, and you have a flying drone that possibly anyone can fly with carrying a lot of weight.

You could also leap from the tops of buildings.

Or law enforcement personnel can hover above crowds.


17 posted on 05/30/2017 7:06:01 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
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To: Titus-Maximus

very cool!

He should combine it with a flying suit.


18 posted on 05/30/2017 7:09:31 AM PDT by JPJones (George Washington's Tariffs were Patriotic. Build a Wall and Build a Wall of tariffs.)
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19 posted on 05/30/2017 7:10:51 AM PDT by Boogieman
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Silver Surfer.


20 posted on 05/30/2017 7:11:01 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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