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Hover Bike!!
« on: 12 April 2012, 01:35:14 pm »
Now, I have GOT to get me one of THESE !!  :)
 
http://www.uasvision.com/2012/04/12/australian-hoverbike-ready-for-take-off/
 
After someone else has tested it, of course.

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Re: Hover Bike!!
« Reply #1 on: 12 April 2012, 02:26:24 pm »
Me too, let's go halfzies!

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Re: Hover Bike!!
« Reply #2 on: 12 April 2012, 03:34:30 pm »

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Re: Hover Bike!!
« Reply #3 on: 12 April 2012, 07:08:28 pm »
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his helicopter instructor likened a Robinson R22 light utility helicopter to an airborne motorbike

I've flown an R22 and it is totally nothing like riding a motorbike - it actually managed to scare me, and I thought that particular gene was long gone!

Now, how the hell do I get on the list for delivery? :D

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Re: Hover Bike!!
« Reply #4 on: 12 April 2012, 08:53:42 pm »
http://www.uasvision.com/2012/04/12/australian-hoverbike-ready-for-take-off/
 
After someone else has tested it, of course.


WTF?! Yes, I'd definitely get someone to test it, because the words "seriously foccing unstable" come to mind!

I can't see how the hell it would stay upright if you happened to lean over slightly, it's not like a helicopter which "hangs" beneath its rotors, as far as I can see on this thing the centre of gravity is *above* the props, so I'd think you'd end up hanging off the bottom at the slightest imbalance...

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Re: Hover Bike!!
« Reply #5 on: 12 April 2012, 10:41:25 pm »
Hell yeah! Gimme gimme gimme! :evil :evil :evil

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Re: Hover Bike!!
« Reply #6 on: 13 April 2012, 10:46:15 am »
So if I fit a garden chair on me hovvermower.............................