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Inventor Begins Testing a 'Star Wars' Hoverbike. An Australian man has invented what he says is the world's first flying motorbike, and is building it in his garage. The Hoverbike is claimed to be able to reach a theoretical height of 10,000 feet - really - and fly at 100 miles per hour. It's based on much the same principles as a twin-propeller helicopter such as Boeing's Chinook. Christopher Malloy says he's been building the vehicle for the last two years, using a custom-built carbon-fiber airframe and BMW engine. He's now at the testing stage, although so far he's only flown it tethered to the ground, at an altitude of just a few feet."With the limited ground testing done thus far the hoverbike has preformed exactly as predicted," he says. "Because we do not know 100 percent what might happen during testing, the straps are there to cover the unknown. The hoverbike is quite stable and does not want to tip over - however, if something unplanned happens during testing, we don't want to break our prototype!"The Hoverbike's designed with triple redundancy, says Malloy - three components need to fail before there could be a serious accident. If anything does go wrong, two parachutes are built into the airframe, he says.Eventually, Malloy aims to sell the Hoverbike commercially, at a price of around $50,000. He sees uses in cattle mustering and search and rescue, as well as good old fun. It shouldn't need a pilot's license in most countries, including the US, as it would be classed as an ultralight vehicle.

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[htomerif]

I just hit pause. not even going to watch, just thumbs down. Thanks youtube for shitting on us again.

[joffa42]

When is he going to begin testing?

[jj01a]

where's the puree button?

[ThePokemonmaster316]

this is so gay what part of this "test" will you be testing ?

[theantiredneck]

Star Wars hover bike was antigravity!

[jlm993]

I want one!!!!!!!!!!!

[jugerknott09]

Maybe if it was built like a giant AR-Drone using a motorcycle hmmmm!

[aerofu74]

There are lots of sceptical "it aint gona work" comments. Maybe it won't work, but the reasons provided here (so far) are wrong.

Multicopters don't need pendulum stability to work, they are actively stabilised. In some situations, raising the center of gravity actually improves agility/precision, reduces susceptibility to wind etc.

[aerofu74]

Developing any kind of new man-lifting aerial vehicle involves a lot of testing, it's a slow process. The hoverbike developer is making steady progress. I haven't seen him claim it's ready for flight testing yet.

The tethered hovers seem like are practical way to validate basic thrust calculations etc. They are not an attempt to deceive anyone into thinking development is further progressed than it really is.

[aerofu74]

I don't think the inventor/creator of the bike also made the slideahow. I recognise the pictures from his web site, but they are not in this context.

[mtrethowan]

Rick Rolled.