http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2011/06/09/bmw-powered-twin-rotorhoverbike/
Holy crap that looks dangerous. Kinda like the Jet pack guy flying over those canyons.
Looks fun but man you have to have a big pair of stones.
Little more compact than it's predescesors.
http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?W=4&F=0001&Step=1&screenwidth=1003 (http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?W=4&F=0001&Step=1&screenwidth=1003)
Looking for Fluid Dynamics Engineers? Might there be a control problem? The only picture of it in the air had it tethered to the ground.
You can buy this one;
http://www.gizmag.com/first-commercially-available-jetpack/14423/
Now I have got to get me one of these:
(http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01340/Terrafugia-transit_1340947a.jpg)
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3682830/Flying-car-is-road-legal.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News
Quote from: guido911 on July 07, 2011, 07:44:55 PM
Now I have got to get me one of these:
(http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01340/Terrafugia-transit_1340947a.jpg)
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3682830/Flying-car-is-road-legal.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News
I wonder how much one of those will set you back?
Quote from: GG on July 07, 2011, 09:11:01 PM
I wonder how much one of those will set you back?
I hope it's enough to keep most US drivers out of the airspace. We don't need as many clueless pilots as we have automobile drivers.
Quote from: Red Arrow on July 07, 2011, 09:22:57 PM
I hope it's enough to keep most US drivers out of the airspace. We don't need as many clueless pilots as we have automobile drivers.
It would make rolling gun battles interesting. Could you imagine what this would have looked like in the air?
Quote from: Red Arrow on June 13, 2011, 09:54:39 PM
Looking for Fluid Dynamics Engineers? Might there be a control problem? The only picture of it in the air had it tethered to the ground.
Eh, with the right software it's controllable. ;)
It sez it costs $40,000 and can reach heights of 10,000'- I'd be worried about being mistaken for a UFO or space alien and get shot at. Controling it may be a real bear too. No Thanks it's not for me.
Quote from: sauerkraut on July 16, 2011, 02:32:58 PM
It sez it costs $40,000 and can reach heights of 10,000'- I'd be worried about being mistaken for a UFO or space alien and get shot at. Controling it may be a real bear too. No Thanks it's not for me.
Is it because it has more switches than just 'on/off'?
Quote from: sauerkraut on July 16, 2011, 02:32:58 PM
I'd be worried about being mistaken for a UFO or space alien and get shot at.
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wDmo_F-m69Q/ThhXumC2deI/AAAAAAAAHJ8/9YEoKAmHbpA/Facepalm%252520for%252520A%252520IDIOT%25252003_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
Hey Swake, how's your little one liking UGA?
O/T. I just find we are living in amazing times as far as technology goes.
Quote from: guido911 on July 16, 2011, 03:51:08 PM
Hey Swake, how's your little one liking UGA?
O/T. I just find we are living in amazing times as far as technology goes.
She's not calling much, so must be great.
Quote from: swake on July 16, 2011, 03:58:18 PM
She's not calling much, so must be great.
Well at least yours is calling. Mine has so much fun that all I got from her during her 3-week stay at UGA was this one word text: "hey". lol
Quote from: sauerkraut on July 16, 2011, 02:32:58 PM
It sez it costs $40,000 and can reach heights of 10,000'- I'd be worried about being mistaken for a UFO or space alien and get shot at. Controling it may be a real bear too. No Thanks it's not for me.
yes, because craft in the air with a primary body, wings, and a tail are often confused with a UFO and get shot at