Must have one of these...
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Helicopter pilot invents the hoverbike[^]. Wish I'd thought of that: bloody clever if he can get it working properly.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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From the article : His futuristic creation - dubbed the Hoverbike - can reach an altitude of 10,000ft and speeds of over 100mph. Mean while all of his testing has been with the vehicle tethered to the ground and from the looks of the pictures, tethered to within a couple of feet of the ground. Pretty outlandish claims, but good luck to him. He's still got a long road to travel. :)
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If he reduced the rpm of the fans to allow just 2 feet off the pavement, he could conserve fuel aAND add a bit more safety to the vehicle. The really nifty part of this is that it doesn't require paved roads, and if "bumped" by another vehicle, it just scoots away instead of being mangled. I wonder what the noise is like...
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It's probably kept in the garage.
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:confused: Enjoy the joke and live your life
It’s always a pleasure to help when your efforts are appreciated...
If there were a joke to enjoy, I would. However, in spite of searching for some time, I have been unable to find one.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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:confused: Enjoy the joke and live your life
It’s always a pleasure to help when your efforts are appreciated...
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If there were a joke to enjoy, I would. However, in spite of searching for some time, I have been unable to find one.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
Henry Minute wrote:
If there were a joke to enjoy, I would.
However, in spite of searching for some time, I have been unable to find one.You're obviously looking in the wrong place. i.e. the CP Lounge.
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Helicopter pilot invents the hoverbike[^]. Wish I'd thought of that: bloody clever if he can get it working properly.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
"'It is quite stable and doesn't want to tip over but if something unplanned happened during testing I wouldn't want to break the prototype." Now that what I like about Aussies: "gumption", I'd be more worried about my neck. That said I'd drop hard cash on it. Then I'd pick up the scattered cash and buy one iif the prices come down.
Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
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:confused: Enjoy the joke and live your life
It’s always a pleasure to help when your efforts are appreciated...
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Helicopter pilot invents the hoverbike[^]. Wish I'd thought of that: bloody clever if he can get it working properly.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
Wow! a nice small controller and some servo-controlled devices to keep it stable and you have a serious toy here... mmmm... fuzzy logic... and high speed calculation and... servocontrol and... C and... I think that in that case one can enjoy the building part and the driving part equally... :thumbsup: And now go and get a Star Wars Trooper suit! :cool: PS: 5ed!
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