Human-carrying drone manufacturer Hoversurf, a tech company based in San Francisco, has built the world’s first fully-manned hoverbike that uses a set of front and back propellers. The Scorpion-3 single-seat allows riders to navigate in the air as if they were a motorbike, and can stay airborne for up to 27 minutes. The video below… Continue reading Hoverbike Scorpion-3
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HoverSeat: Sitting Attachment for Hoverboard
An inexpensive and creative idea, Florida-based company Boatstogo has designed an aluminum frame that attaches to hoverboard and holds a beach chair, transforming it into a min-vehicle for a more comfortable and safe ride. The HoverSeat is comfortable, and has many practical uses. It has Velcro strips attached to the flat surface to hold down… Continue reading HoverSeat: Sitting Attachment for Hoverboard
Homemade Hoverbike
Inventor Colin Furze built a homemade hover bike controlled by two control bars that allows the flying machine to respond to a human pilot’s leaning movements and natural sense of balance. The crazy inventor succeeded in making the bike hover off the ground. Watch the video below.
The Hover Vehicle Prototype by Aerofex
Back in June of last year I told you about Chris Malloy’s Hoverbike from Australia. Well, another vehicle was built in California by a company called Aerofex, they created a mechanical system with the same concept idea, controlled by two control bars that allows the vehicle to respond to a human pilot’s leaning movements and natural sense of balance. Watch… Continue reading The Hover Vehicle Prototype by Aerofex
The Hoverbike
Australian Chris Malloy and his team claim to have invented an actual, working hoverbike that rides like a motorcycle, including handlebar based speed, direction control, custom carbon fiber propellers, frame, drive shafts, and seat. The Hoverbike uses a set of front and back ducted propellers powered by a 1,170 cubic centimeter 4-stroke engine. Not only… Continue reading The Hoverbike