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Awesome Hover Bike Prototype
Awesome Hover Bike Prototype

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  1. Absolute muddjuice

    August 23rd, 2012

    It’s a single person hovercraft. Hovercraft have been around for years.

    Wake me up when they creat a lightsaber or warp speed…..

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  2. hanoverfist

    August 23rd, 2012

    It needs a 20mm Blast Cannon and phasable deflector screens.

    But,its a start.

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  3. hanoverfist

    August 23rd, 2012

    This is more like it!!

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  4. Racist

    August 23rd, 2012

    He didn’t build that!

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  5. Nutjob

    August 23rd, 2012

    I already saw where they said they don’t plan on making them avaiable for production, but instead want to arm them with cameras for drone recon, or for supply delivery.

    Yeah I guess one of these on a still quiet day coming across the desert or in a mountain valley would go completely unnoticed by insurgants with a 50 cal.

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  6. Nutjob

    August 23rd, 2012

    “Look Mustafffa someones coming!”

    “Probably just the mail man”

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  7. old_oaks

    August 23rd, 2012

    Looks uncontrollable to me.

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  8. Joe

    August 23rd, 2012

    I’ve wanted one of these for a long time. Maybe the technology will finally get there. Its nice to see this video in my lifetime, though. Go, boys! You can build it!

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  9. Stranded in Sonoma

    August 23rd, 2012

    It’s just two ducted fans without a skirt like a hovercraft. Supposedly, the ducting takes the place of the skirt (somewhat). But it doesn’t look like the fans are moveable. Even just a small movement on two axes would give them a bit more control. Or have the front fan rotate back to front and the rear fan rotate left to right. And if they wanted to counteract the torque, why not have contra-rotating fans?

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  10. Billy Fuster

    August 23rd, 2012

    @hanoverfist: Much better–and they didn’t have to hype it with the crappy Star Wars theme.

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  11. Six White Cadillacs

    August 24th, 2012

    Throw up too much dust. Give me a rocket pack so I can leave earth.

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  12. Mary Jane Anklestraps

    August 24th, 2012

    Rocket pack would be neat. But let’s test it on Biden first.

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  13. tripseven

    August 24th, 2012

    Always loved the jet pack since I was a kid but wondered what to do in case of malfunction or run out of fuel. Now they have this for a softer landing.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im1iNq02Kz0 _

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  14. tripseven

    August 24th, 2012

    Crap…how do I post vid to play here?

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