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snooper2

(30,151 posts) Fri Apr 29, 2016, 10:36 AM Apr 2016

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Homemade Hoverbike

Greatness! If you Youtube I highly recommend subbing to his channel...

Published on Apr 28, 2016
What a creation, it's a unhinged flying bike/human blender but unbelievably it gets off the ground and actually FLIES.
#Unlearn what a plumber can do in a shed eh? Considering the amount of time i've spent on this and the fact this is my first EVER attempt at making anything that leaves the ground this is well and truly a job well done, it's easy to overlook the true scale of what takes to make something like this work at all.
Thanks to Ford for the sponsorship and the Unlearn campaign which has turned my mad idea into a reality and shown that trying new things can lead to amazing results. You can see more unlearning here http://unlearn.ford.co.uk/

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Homemade Hoverbike (Original Post) snooper2 Apr 2016 OP

With a good computer on it for fly by wire, that would be fantastic. LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #1

Wow Bayard Apr 2016 #2

human blender Demonaut Apr 2016 #3

Yeah, that's what I thought when I saw his landing! n/t Victor_c3 Apr 2016 #4

yeah my thoughts too dembotoz Apr 2016 #5

I expect to see future videos from him under his new nickname. bluesbassman Apr 2016 #7

oh no! In_The_Wind May 2016 #10

Hey! Where's that new guy?... Heeeeers Johnny May 2016 #11

Let's get Mikey! Wounded Bear May 2016 #13

Neat stuff ornotna Apr 2016 #6

I don't know about you, but I really don't want a flying double lawn mower over my head. FSogol Apr 2016 #8

The RONCO HoverBike - It slices, it dices. nt TeamPooka Apr 2016 #9

I'm holding out for one of these. Heeeeers Johnny May 2016 #12

LiberalArkie

(15,719 posts)

1. With a good computer on it for fly by wire, that would be fantastic.

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 10:48 AM

Apr 2016

Bayard

(22,099 posts)

2. Wow

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 11:43 AM

Apr 2016

Above traffic and trash, and still getting your exercise. I like it!

Demonaut

(8,918 posts)

3. human blender

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 11:53 AM

Apr 2016

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)

4. Yeah, that's what I thought when I saw his landing! n/t

Reply to Demonaut (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 12:10 PM

Apr 2016

dembotoz

(16,808 posts)

5. yeah my thoughts too

Reply to Demonaut (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 12:10 PM

Apr 2016

bluesbassman

(19,374 posts)

7. I expect to see future videos from him under his new nickname.

Reply to Demonaut (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 01:44 PM

Apr 2016

"Stumpy"

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

10. oh no!

Reply to bluesbassman (Reply #7)

Mon May 2, 2016, 10:14 AM

May 2016

Heeeeers Johnny

(423 posts)

11. Hey! Where's that new guy?...

Reply to Demonaut (Reply #3)

Mon May 2, 2016, 11:24 AM

May 2016

We need someone to take this baby up on it's first test flight...

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http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/petroczy.php

Wounded Bear

(58,666 posts)

13. Let's get Mikey!

Reply to Heeeeers Johnny (Reply #11)

Mon May 2, 2016, 12:05 PM

May 2016

ornotna

(10,803 posts)

6. Neat stuff

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 01:07 PM

Apr 2016

Thanks

FSogol

(45,488 posts)

8. I don't know about you, but I really don't want a flying double lawn mower over my head.

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 01:48 PM

Apr 2016

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)

9. The RONCO HoverBike - It slices, it dices. nt

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 02:16 PM

Apr 2016

Heeeeers Johnny

(423 posts)

12. I'm holding out for one of these.

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Mon May 2, 2016, 11:30 AM

May 2016

I just need a Green Goblin costume and Jack-O-Lantern hand grenades to go with it.

http://jalopnik.com/this-hoverboard-actually-flies-and-it-just-set-a-world-1774106777

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