Seems a likely way to get dead.
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/hoverbikes-are-finally-here-don-t-expect-fly-cheap-ncna935191
California firm's long-anticipated flying motorcycle will set you back $150,000.
The era of the hoverbike is finally at hand, but you’ll have to be well-heeled to join in. A California company recently announced that it would begin deliveries of its long-anticipated flying motorcycle in the first half of 2019 for an estimated price of $150,000.
The Hoversurf S3 looks a bit like what you’d get if you crossed a motorcycle with a quadcopter. It has a seat for one rider and four horizontally mounted electric propellers controlled by a pair of joysticks.
The sub-250-pound craft is designed to skim over the landscape at the company-specified “safe altitude" of about 16 feet and at speeds of up to 60 miles an hour. Its lithium-manganese-nickel batteries allow airborne jaunts of up to 25 minutes, according to the manufacturer, San Jose-based Hoversurf.
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I think i'll wait for them to come out with a Hover Board (1989 clip): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkyLnWm1iCs
I can see things like this being useful for first responders in high traffic areas.
Red:Something that big will need regulation by the FAA. One of those things can kill more than the rider.
Red:
And with that will end all that's cool about having and using the thing as a transportation device.
Other:
Frankly, I think if/when we become a society traveling via personal flying machines, fewer folks than today drive cars will actually own them and be licensed to fly them. After all, consider how many folks struggle to responsibly, safely and without calamity operate vehicles that can move in only two direction -- forward and back. Far fewer must be the quantity of folks who can master operating vehicles that move in four directions.
My guess is in the future such technology, if used for regular transportation, will be self-flying. That might actually be easier than self-driving.
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/hoverbikes-are-finally-here-don-t-expect-fly-cheap-ncna935191
California firm's long-anticipated flying motorcycle will set you back $150,000.
The era of the hoverbike is finally at hand, but you’ll have to be well-heeled to join in. A California company recently announced that it would begin deliveries of its long-anticipated flying motorcycle in the first half of 2019 for an estimated price of $150,000.
The Hoversurf S3 looks a bit like what you’d get if you crossed a motorcycle with a quadcopter. It has a seat for one rider and four horizontally mounted electric propellers controlled by a pair of joysticks.
The sub-250-pound craft is designed to skim over the landscape at the company-specified “safe altitude" of about 16 feet and at speeds of up to 60 miles an hour. Its lithium-manganese-nickel batteries allow airborne jaunts of up to 25 minutes, according to the manufacturer, San Jose-based Hoversurf.
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I think i'll wait for them to come out with a Hover Board (1989 clip): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkyLnWm1iCs
$150,000 is a lot to spend on a toy.
Some military general: We'll take 500 of them to try out.
As a photographer, I can see all sorts of applications for this for getting to remote locations where it's roadless and minimal impact is required, ala the Mojave Desert.
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