Flying bikes: Firms create airborne prototype

[mashman]

Headlined as: I've got a bike, you can fly it if you like... this piqued my interest (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/flying-bikes-firms-create-airborne-prototype-012037533.html?vp=1#Q8RD4FV)

[oneofsix]

When does a push bike stop being a push bike and become a motorcycle, or in this case a hoverbike?

[Swoop]

I thought pushbikes were meant to be narrow and not take up too much space?
That thing will need its own helipad.


Why wasn't the rider wearing lycra?

[mashman]

When does a push bike stop being a push bike and become a motorcycle, or in this case a hoverbike?

Before the engine starts?

[unstuck]

I think maybe there is a way to go with the design yet.:yes:

[oneofsix]

Before the engine starts?

Nah even when I am pushing my bike along the road it is still and motorbike, just a motorbike with petrol or with a flat battery. :facepalm: :laugh:


I thought pushbikes were meant to be narrow and not take up too much space?
That thing will need its own helipad.


Why wasn't the rider wearing lycra?

imagine lane splitting on that thing, geez you would take up more lane than a truck.

Think the rider was a dummy so glad it wasn't in lycra . . . or was that a lycra track suit?

[Banditbandit]

That one looks like a hoax ...

This one on the other hand ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/video/2012/aug/23/star-wars-hover-bike-float-video


http://cdn.theguardian.tv/brightcove/poster/2012/8/23/120823HoverCraft_6577861.jpg

[scissorhands]

Why not just make a flying saucer, its a proven design:yawn:

[unstuck]

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/419735_445872445454291_1860291372_n.jpg

[Banditbandit]

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[mashman]

Nah even when I am pushing my bike along the road it is still and motorbike, just a motorbike with petrol or with a flat battery. :facepalm: :laugh:

:killingme... sorry, that's not funny coz I know what that's like... :killingme.

[The Reibz]

Still think the Quad Rotor which was showcased on the FPSRussia Channel was more impressive...

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[mashman]

Still think the Quad Rotor which was showcased on the FPSRussia Channel was more impressive...


Make it big enough to fit my body (engineering feat in its own right) and I'll agree.