June 10th, 2011, 07:31 AM | #1 |
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I think... I really really want one
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June 10th, 2011, 08:08 AM | #2 |
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Sucks if you fall off LOL
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June 10th, 2011, 09:18 AM | #3 |
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I think with that thing I would add a parachute to the list of safety gear.
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June 10th, 2011, 09:27 AM | #4 |
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+1. It looks very interesting. I hope the guy doesn't kill himself during the testing. Looks like it could be a handful.
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June 10th, 2011, 09:46 PM | #5 |
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Hover-bike?
http://www.hover-bike.com/
hoverbike_imgp3845_small.jpg The specs seem WAY too optimistic and the "donate" thing makes it sound like the guy just wants to profit off the hype like Project Ginger (AKA Segway). I am really curious to know if there's actually something to this. |
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June 10th, 2011, 09:49 PM | #6 |
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It does not look like it would be very stable. I predict it will be a big flop.
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June 10th, 2011, 10:13 PM | #7 |
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lol it says it can hover 10,000 feet. why not make it,,, ONE BILLION
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June 10th, 2011, 10:23 PM | #8 |
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I've seen similar RC toys that somehow stabilize. Parrot makes one with four stabilizers that is controlled by an iPhone.
Last futzed with by CZroe; June 11th, 2011 at 01:32 AM. |
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Anyway, the engine couldn't possibly adapt to continue running with that altitude change, right? Airlines are pressurized to match 8,000 feet because it's still possible to breathe normally at that altitude but 10,000 may be pushing it. Would the rider need an oxygen mask? |
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June 10th, 2011, 11:04 PM | #10 | |
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June 11th, 2011, 07:49 AM | #11 |
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Most people are too stupid to figure out 2 dimensional driving.... lets go ahead and add another dimension!!! Ya, that's a good idea....
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June 11th, 2011, 07:59 AM | #12 |
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Not particularly fuel efficient either..
At .5 L/min, it consumes bout 8 gallons in an hour! |
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October 20th, 2011, 12:12 PM | #14 | |
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October 20th, 2011, 12:14 PM | #15 |
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I have heard of that, and in the event it turns out to be a real thing (and not a con), I fully intend to save up and buy one!
It certainly looks the part, but it could be a con. It wouldn't be the first time someone has come up with a fantastic concept in order to encourage investors without ever intending to make a working product. There's a company called Steorn that purport to have made a machine, called an Orbo, that is capable of generating free energy. I've been following it for a while, because I find it funny. They've suckered lots of people in. I'm an open minded person, but when people come out with fantastic concepts like 'a machine that generates free energy' or 'an awesome looking hoverbike', I'll want to see it to believe it. I wont take their word for it. |
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October 20th, 2011, 12:22 PM | #16 |
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I've seen this before. If they could produce a very sophisticated gyroscopic stabilization system I'm sure it would be plausible. The variable that posses the biggest threat is the rider. Weight plays a huge factor in hovering vehicles. As you can see from the pictures it doesn't seem like they've gotten it to lift off the ground without tie-downs assisting stability. I'm sure if the manufacturer managed to complete this hover-bike with a an msrp of $40,000 it would be a big hit.....if it works safely. Obviously if you bought one of those bad boys you would need to take a class on how it could possibly work. I feel like if the propellers were 2-3 feet above the rider it would stabilize much more easily with the weight focused at a lower point (such as with a helicopter).
here's a pic for those who are too impatient for the link to load.
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October 20th, 2011, 12:46 PM | #19 |
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I just don't see the point of it. Weight is going to be a constant issue, so you won't be able to carry any load.
Anyone who has $40,000 to cough up on something so impractical may as well have enough money to buy their own helicopter. |
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October 20th, 2011, 12:51 PM | #20 |
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Why does it have to be practical? @jamesio has spent the last couple of weeks jumping out of aeroplanes. Half the stuff humans do is purely ritualistic or intended to stimulate some positive feeling without a practical goal!
Also... I can think of some practical applications. Like: it could be used by search and rescue to fly to hard to reach areas, where larger, less manoeuvrable and more cumbersome vehicles cannot reach. The pilot could land, bring first aid and provide an on-the-ground assessment of the situation to the people who will have to airlift the stranded persons out of there. |
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Unfortunately I doubt the 250 would have enough lift......but we could totally make one out of a zx-14 and put 250r stickers on it.
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October 20th, 2011, 01:05 PM | #26 |
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LOL: ironically, we might find -- having built a hover Ninjette -- that it only generates enough lift to carry dainty girlies, solidifying the Ninjette once and for all as 'a girls bike'
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October 20th, 2011, 01:24 PM | #27 |
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Another problem is that the rider would have to be proficient at parachuting, unless you restrict altitude to less than 10'. It also would need lights like on a plane. Each wing has either a blue or red light so that other pilots can tell if the plane is coming or going.
It's a really cool concept, but it would have to become really mainstream for them to allow hoverbikes to travel in populated areas.
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October 20th, 2011, 01:38 PM | #28 |
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how does it move forward and backwards? seems like it only lifts straight up.
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October 21st, 2011, 09:14 AM | #31 |
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I can't wait to see how the average Joe handles a hovering machine!!!
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October 26th, 2011, 08:00 PM | #32 |
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Same way a helicopter would move in any direction. You would tilt it in the direction you want to go.
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October 26th, 2011, 08:40 PM | #33 |
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i can only imagine, if all of use dropped our ninjettes... what could we do to that thing..
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At that point it wouldn't count as a drop. We'd have a poll for "how soon until you augered into the ground at high speed?"
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Found what I want to upgrade to...
Think I found my next bike http://www.gizmag.com/hoverbike/18813/
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@pilotgeorge747: that's the kind of thing that I consider to be so unbelievably amazing that I will consider it unbelievable, vaporware until the point where I can actually see a video of the guy flying off down the street and up into the air.
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February 13th, 2012, 11:37 AM | #38 |
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Think dual-purpose!
Aerial commute to work flying high above all the traffic, and salad shooter on the weekend! And leaf mulcher in the fall! |
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