Hoverbike

[GiraffeeDreams]

Some dude in Australia has decided to try and make a hoverbike worth having, and seeing the specs and what not it is starting to appeal to me (or at least the 10 year old in me).


He's done quite a bit of work on it but I imagine with the rotors under the centre of gravity that it'd be a little unstable.


Either way it looks cool if nothing else


Malloy Hoverbike

 

[Nintendo]

I saw that the other day, but meh I prefer Tron Cycles to become reality..

 

[GiraffeeDreams]

Real Light Cycle For Sale only $35,000

 

[mindlord]

The estimated top altitude is 10,000 feet. That's way more than just a "Hover" bike. That's a VTOL flying motorcycle. I would totally ride one of those.

 

[darfgarf]

The estimated top altitude is 10,000 feet. That's way more than just a "Hover" bike. That's a VTOL flying motorcycle. I would totally ride one of those.

not much of a fuel tank, so i doubt you'd get to teh theoretical maximum before falling out the sky XD

 

[GiraffeeDreams]

I'd love to see one of these armed with cannons, it'd be a cross between a Harrier and the Mk4 Lawmaster from Judge Dredd

 

[Nintendo]

Real Light Cycle For Sale only $35,000

Seen it before. It's a replica movie prop. Not real.

 

[GiraffeeDreams]

Aw crap it looked so cool too


Why offer an engine type and replacement tyres then?

 

[mindlord]

not much of a fuel tank, so i doubt you'd get to teh theoretical maximum before falling out the sky XD

I suspect it would be unwise to try, sure. But imagine just zipping down the Highway and, "Great gridlock! No problem I'll just hop over to the nearest side road and continue past the congestion." It apparently has a 30 or 60 Litre tank which provides enough fuel for 290km (174 Miles) range at 80 knots (92 MPH). Not bad I say.

 

[Nintendo]

Aw crap it looked so cool too


Why offer an engine type and replacement tyres then?

It's real, but it just doesn't fly like it would in Tron.

 

[darfgarf]

I suspect it would be unwise to try, sure. But imagine just zipping down the Highway and, "Great gridlock! No problem I'll just hop over to the nearest side road and continue past the congestion." It apparently has a 30 or 60 Litre tank which provides enough fuel for 290km (174 Miles) range at 80 knots (92 MPH). Not bad I say.

you wouldn't be driving on the road though, the nearest applicable license would be helicopter/pilot license with very low altitude training


probably a bigger obstacle over the range/height is stability, turn it in to a tri/quad rotor and it would be hard to fall off, but lean a little too far off the side on anythign bike shaped and you're upside-down with a mincer above you

 

[GiraffeeDreams]

I imagine a Sports Pilots License, but in some countries that has a limit to how high you can go, also, I imagine parachute would become a mandatory safety device, and temperature, wind and air pressure would become a bit of an issue the higher you go.


The DVLA will have a field day with this, would you have to pay road tax? Just a thought.

 

[Jourdy288]

When I read this thread title, I thought it was about sci-fi.

Then I realized it was about something real. WANT.

 

[Nintendo]

How come a huge percentage of these concepts never actually come into fruition?

 

[Jourdy288]

Sigh, such is life.


I do wonder what'll become of this one, though, since I just saw the thing floating off the ground....

 

[Nintendo]

It'll probably go the way of the others and just float off into the distance never to be seen again. :mellow:

 

[LineOf7s]

Aw crap it looked so cool too


Why offer an engine type and replacement tyres then?

It's real, but it just doesn't fly like it would in Tron.

1. Since when do the light cycles in Tron (either of them) 'fly'?


2. Here's the actual real one that actually goes:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/2MpUrDNIDLY?feature=oembed

 

[Nintendo]

How comes it seems slow and noisy?

 

[Blue Protoman]

Maybe it's made by Hummer.

 

[Orion4874]

How come a huge percentage of these concepts never actually come into fruition?

Damn, some of those look downright dangerous. You wouldn't catch my ass on a one-wheeled motorcycle!