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Hoverbike- A Flying Motorcycle. by omniwater007: 2:06pm On Aug 31, 2014 |
Here at Discovery News World HQ, we know that life is increasingly busy in the digital age, and there are a million things you could be doing at any given moment. However, may we modestly propose you take a moment to watch this frickin’ robot ride a hoverbike. Developed by a small operation out of the U.K. called Malloy Aeronautics, the Drone 3 hoverbike is exactly that — a flying motorcycle powered by four turbine fans. But the current vehicle is a 1/3 size scale model — a drone, essentially — with a robot rider to approximate the proportional size and weight of a human rider. The drone is controlled via remote, similar to other UAV designs. Drones Banned From All U.S. National Parks The Drone 3 is a proof-of-concept demonstration of a more ambitious plan. In an interesting strategy, the 1/3-size drone is being sold via Kickstarter in hopes of funding development of a full-size quadcopter hoverbike, designed for human riders. Think Return of the Jedi, forest moon of Endor, this sort of thing. Designers say the quadcopter approach, which uses four different overlapping fans, offers improved stability, maneuverability and payload capacity than competing two-fan hoverbike designs . In fact, the Malloy hoverbike is intended to share the skies with helicopters, planes and other aircraft. “This hoverbike is a helicopter — it takes off like a helicopter, flies and lands like a helicopter,” says Malloy Aeronautics’ Grant Stapleton in the demonstration video. “It’s designed to fly to an altitude of over 9,000 feet and do so at over 100 knots [115 mph].” Drone Bartender Wants To Mix It Up For You The company is currently finishing up the full-size prototype, with flight tests expected in a few months. Meanwhile, you can still get on board at the Kickstarter campaign, running through Aug. 31. For a pledge of just under $1,000 USD, you can get a bare- bones Drone 3 kit. For larger pledges, the team will throw in the robotic pilot (named Buster, in case you’re curious) , plus a mounted Go Pro camera and dedicated control unit. Source: http://news.discovery.com/tech/robotics/robot-rides-hoverbike-nuff-said-140828.htm?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=DNewsSocial
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Re: Hoverbike- A Flying Motorcycle. by omniwater007: 2:10pm On Aug 31, 2014 |
I love this innovation.
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