Man builds a working hoverbike

[Duke]

Man builds a working hoverbike

Hover-Bike

By Sean Fallon
Nerd Approved
Australian Chris Malloy has made an actual hoverbike that he claims can achieve speeds of 173 mph and altitudes in excess of 10,000 feet. Sounds like every "Star Wars" fan’s dream right?
Unfortunately, don’t expect to be dodging trees while blazing through the forest anytime soon. Thus far, it has done little more than hover three feet while tethered to the ground.
However, if and when it ever does become a viable form of transportation, you won’t need a license to pilot it, since it would be classified as an ultralight. And the final product could be as affordable as some higher-end motorcycles.
Who knows, maybe you will be crashing into trees and exploding sometime in the near future after all.

Imagine the possibilities!!!

 

[Midnight Black]

Throw some small engines/turbines on the back and you're in business.

 

[Gotham Knight]

That is so awesome.

 

[Ultra Lantern]

The future is now.
That's awesome.

 

[The Morningstar]

Very cool.

 

[DorkyFresh]

he should've been working on a hover BOARD...

 

[Ultra Lantern]

he should've been working on a hover BOARD...

The Time Traveling Delorion with Flux Copasitor would have been better.

 

[Hotwire]

Want!!

 

[tzarinna]

That's really cool.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

I want one!

 

[Superman 1265]

The Government will eventually steal it, and say it's their invention.

 

[X-Ray]

Went looking for youtube videos of this thing in action.

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That's about as good as it gets. Everything else are still pics.

You'd think he would video it starting from the ground then lifting to 3ft. due to the restraints.

 

[Mary Jane Watson]

Double post

 

[Mary Jane Watson]

The Government will eventually steal it, and say it's their invention.

^ Hell yeah.

Well I guess that Back to Future's 2015 year is can be true!

Flying skateboard...mmmm

 

[Duke]

I prefer a speederbike over a hoverboard.

 

[Bill]

They're going to have to improve the 92 mile range.

 

[Paroxysm]

 

[Casius--J]

They need to get this perfected NOW, I will sure be getting one of these and play Star Wars everyday haha

 

[Duke]

They need to get this perfected NOW, I will sure be getting one of these and play Star Wars everyday haha

Just make sure not to crash into any trees.

 

[Spider-Vader]

I want my damn hoverboard. Doc Brown better of not lied!

 

[Ultra Lantern]

If they mass produce the hoverbike,I wonder how much it'll cost us to buy.

 

[Casius--J]

Just make sure not to crash into any trees.

oh of course not, I plan to make other people crash into them haha

 

[ObakeTora]

I smoke trees for breakfast.

 

[Mike_D202]

Government: "Wait, this thing doesn't take gasoline?"

Inventor: "No."

Government: "So we can't make money off of this?"

Inventor: "Naw."

Government: "Sorry, can't use it. It's unsafe."

 

[Harls]

Hahaha Mike.

But this thing is really cool