Hoverbike. So much want!

I can't see how anyone can learn to ride/fly that thing without sustaining serous injuries. You will have to learn all your moves at like 1m off the ground in case you fall off. They will also have to design in such a way that if you fall off, that thing isn't going to drop off from the sky and land on you or someone else. It also can't just hover and stay there until it runs out of petrol and will need some sort of self landing mechanism.

It needs a lot more software to fly that thing.
 
Sonea Fifer said:
I can see from the pictures linked what allows this to hover but what propels it forward?
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How do you control the Hoverbike?

•To lift off into a hover, one needs to increase the thrust via a throttle grip with the right hand - exactly the same as the throttle on a motorbike

•To fly forward a combination involving an increase in thrust and the deflection of air from the front control vanes (twisting the left handle grip) will tilt the total thrust vector forward resulting in an acceleration forwards (twist back to go backwards)

•To to make the bike roll (turn) left and right, all one needs to do is push the handle bars down on the side you wish to turn (handle bars work just like a bicycle, but with an extra axis so that they rotate up and down a little) - you could lean in the appropriate direction just like a motorbike, but this is proving to be not as sensitive as one would expect or like.

•Yaw (nose left or right) is via control vanes front and rear and actuated by turning the handle bars - just like a bike
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You're in luck. If you stump up the cash he'll build you a prototype so you can be the first person to fly/die on it ;)

If you would like to buy a prototype now, and do your own testing - or just to help us quicken the development time with extra funding, please feel free to contact us to discuss.
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Looks amazing in concept but a bit of work to do yet it seems.
 
It's a real shame that you won't be able to 'drive' one without a pilots licence. That was the problem with that flying car which they developed a few years back.
 
ZombieFan said:
It's a real shame that you won't be able to 'drive' one without a pilots licence. That was the problem with that flying car which they developed a few years back.
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Do we?

. If you live in the USA or your country has similar civil aviation regulations, then the hoverbike will be classed as a 'ultralite' which means you do not need a pilots license to fly the hoverbike
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