Hoverbike. So much want!

Raymond Lin said:
Because a slip on the stick to full power just means you go faster. You don't get thrown out of a microlight. A slip in the throttle in this you are tilted at a more extreme angle, or turning a tighter turn than normal. All that is keeping you on is your thigh.

Accidents happen.
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Well that is guess work as it hasn't flown, so we don't know what it's capable of and what force is exerted on the body. It's a light aircraft and so doesn't need to be safe.
I don't really understand what the safety issue is, unless you think it's going to be used instead of cars, which isn't going to happen. It's going to be a weekend toy like paragliders and Microlights.
 
We have seen a lot of visits recently and realize that some of you have come back to see if we have updated the videos page. We did hope to film the last test flight un-tethered, but unfortunately we needed to rebuild the propeller gearboxes due to unforeseen localized stress on a section of the mounting points. A quick design fix – but one that takes time and money to be re-manufactured and re-assembled.
After the re-build we will conduct one more tethered test before we release the bike from the ground. We will have a new control system to test then, and we also need to learn to fly the bike (one way to look at this, is trying to fly a helicopter for the first time without an instructor)
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As it's the only prototype and the guy is building it in his spare time I think it's believable that he doesn't want to risk it by flying off into the sunset first time he throttles up ;)
 
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