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The flying bike ...

Post by Faithfree » Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:26 pm

Not quite there but the look of it ...

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Re: The flying bike ...

Post by laklak » Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:01 pm

Want.
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Re: The flying bike ...

Post by PsychoSerenity » Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:26 pm

Bit noisy though. They'll never catch on while they're still using rotors for air thrust. It's like 3D where you have to wear glasses - they try it every decade, but it's still not futuristic enough to be satisfying. Hovercars won't be cool until they're powered by some glowing blue electro-thrust that makes a quiet wurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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Re: The flying bike ...

Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:02 pm

Not quite there but the look of it ...
Needs a wicker basket with an alien sitting in it. :plot:
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Re: The flying bike ...

Post by Sean Hayden » Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:54 pm

That's awesome, now ride it off a cliff.
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Re: The flying bike ...

Post by MiM » Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:01 pm

Couldn't see any pedalling, so has to be some kind of modern motorized contraption :dq:
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Re: The flying bike ...

Post by Tero » Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:10 pm

It would come in handy waiting for a train to pass.
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Re: The flying bike ...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:34 pm

Serious bullshit there. Notice the "pilot" never moved, not a single bobble of the head or flex of the arms?
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Re: The flying bike ...

Post by Sean Hayden » Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:30 pm

You first!
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Re: The flying bike ...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:36 pm

The mythbusters couldn't do this with two ducted fans.
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Re: The flying bike ...

Post by JimC » Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:11 am

We want antigravity, and we want it now!
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Re: The flying bike ...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:24 am

JimC wrote:We want antigravity, and we want it now!
You make light of the subject?
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Re: The flying bike ...

Post by Faithfree » Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:40 am

Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Serious bullshit there. Notice the "pilot" never moved, not a single bobble of the head or flex of the arms?
I noticed that. I suspect no one was game enough to ride it yet, so it was flown by remote control.
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Re: The flying bike ...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jun 23, 2013 1:43 am

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Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Serious bullshit there. Notice the "pilot" never moved, not a single bobble of the head or flex of the arms?
I noticed that. I suspect no one was game enough to ride it yet, so it was flown by remote control.
With a 20 pound dummy on the seat. That rig wouldn't lift an adult male.
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Re: The flying bike ...

Post by mistermack » Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:30 am

Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
Faithfree wrote:
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Serious bullshit there. Notice the "pilot" never moved, not a single bobble of the head or flex of the arms?
I noticed that. I suspect no one was game enough to ride it yet, so it was flown by remote control.
With a 20 pound dummy on the seat. That rig wouldn't lift an adult male.
Technically incorrect. It would lift an adult male mouse.
So it would be more practical, to train mice to pilot aircraft.

In the future, when your body packs up, they will be able to save your brain and fit it into machines like this. That will open up all sorts of possibilities for flight.
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