(News) Aussie invents hoverbike

[EJK]

Just like Back to the Future's Hoverboard, an Australian-made Hoverbike could soon be what we're all riding to work.

Made by a Sydney man, the flying bike - which has sceptics online questioning its validity - has a weight of 105 kilograms without fuel, its rotors are made of Tasmanian Oak and it will be able to hover an estimated 10,000 feet above the ground.

The Hoverbike in action.

Link: http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/51...ut-can-it-fly/

[javawocky]

cheap on tyres

[Mental Trousers]

Difficult to get your knee down from 1000ft up.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Difficult to get your knee down from 1000ft up.

Or easy when it goes all bad have it rammed through your head.

[jaffaonajappa]

Cant get caught speeding on the Roads......."hell no officer, I never even touched that road".

Too bad its the width of a farken cage.

[saxet]

Wonder how it goes around corners.

[Banditbandit]

Comes with a free parachute?

And I'd love to see a cop's face as he chases it at high speed - only to watch it lift UP ...

But you could really piss off the cagers on the way to work - no more lane splitting - just go over them ..

[Mental Trousers]

Wouldn't want to have an accident that threw you forward or backwards out of the seat

[Maha]

Will certainly need a Hi-Viz Vest at that height...

[slofox]

Wait for all the threads about "farkin' cage flyers" - (aeroplane pilots)

[Oblivion]

Saw the title from the main forums page. (News) Aussie invents....

Thought what an oxymoron.

[schrodingers cat]

Wonder how it goes around corners.

or stops quickly...

[Timmeh:P]

Bit more info here: http://www.hover-bike.com/

[imac]

I’d buy one but with out gyroscopes and fly-by-wire it would be so unstable it would be uncontrollable

[bogan]

Bit more info here: http://www.hover-bike.com/

Seems he really is designing it for the future going by his Applications section there; I didn't even know anyone was working on Aerial Cattle, but its certainly the right tool for that job.