The concept behind the Aero-X isn’t new, with similar designs dating back to the 1950s. Aerofex says it has found that, for this type of vehicle, it makes sense to fly up to around 20ft (6m) above the ground. The company says that should be possible, and that the rider sits in a position where the vehicle responds to his movements similar to the way a motorcycle would.
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None of these people fly aircraft for a living, so the vehicle will have to be easy enough for a non-pilot to fly. It could also be used by emergency services, for disaster relief or search and rescue, as well as for border patrols. Aerofex thinks its vehicle could be useful for farmers, both for agriculture (crops) and herding animals. “There’s really nothing between a ground vehicle and an aircraft,” he says, apart from much more expensive helicopters and small planes. Aerofex says it will be capable of 72km/h (45mph).īut at a cost of $85,000, who is a crossover hoverbike aimed at, beyond the odd rich eccentric with a head for heights? Although it’s a niche product, the company’s CTO and founder Mark DeRoche told me it could be a lucrative niche. It is designed for low-altitude flying, and can zoom over ground that even an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) would struggle with. It is technically a hovercraft, but it apparently feels like riding a motorbike. The company calls it a crossover vehicle. Eventually there will be space for just two passengers though, and early prototypes show only one brave test-rider, who perches on top of two horizontal spinning blades encased in circular housings. The device is named the Aero-X and it takes up about as much room as a small car. It is uncannily reminiscent of a Speeder Bike from the original Star Wars trilogy.
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We do not have many floating, hovering, flying vehicles, despite a great deal of engineering effort from entrepreneurs to develop jetpacks, flying cars, and radical hovercraft.īut if the hoverbike currently being developed by Los Angeles-based Aerofex, gets off the ground, this could change. In a press release and YouTube video, and reported on by the BBC, the company celebrated a new milestone, receiving a Certificate of Airworthiness by the Slovak Transport Authority, the Slovakia government's regulatory body for aviation.Getting from A to B is very rarely boring in the world of science fiction – sadly real life is often a let-down in comparison. The AirCar is manufactured by Klein Vision and the company's founder and CEO Stefan Klein has been designing and building flying car prototypes since 1989.
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Its wings can fold into the body creating a look that's closer to a real car than other solutions and, with its airplane tailpiece looking somewhat like a large spoiler, the transformation results in an automobile that's more sporty than most vehicles on the road. The AirCar has quietly racked up 70 hours of EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) flight testing and over 200 takeoffs and landings.
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However, the wait for a flying car might be shorter than expected, based on the recent success of one of the most notable flying cars in the world.
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