Engineering:Hoverbike
A hoverbike (or hovercycle) is a vehicle that can hover, resembling a flying motorbike, having at least two propulsive portions—one in front of and one behind the driver.
Aeronautic motors
Starting in 2014, Malloy Aeronautics has been developing a hoverbike that has experimented with quadcopter-like lift.[1] In 2015, the company announced collaboration with the United States Defense Department at the Paris Airshow.[2]
 World's first fully-manned hoverbike tested in Moscow on YouTube |
In April 2016, British inventor Colin Furze announced he had created a hoverbike using two paramotors.[3]
The Aero-X is a hoverbike designed to carry up to two people.[4]
The Hoversurf Scorpion 3 is a hoverbike launched in 2017.[5] It is famously used by the Dubai Police Force.
The A.L.I. Technologies XTurismo was on sale in Japan from 2021, and in the United States the following year. It requires a pilot's licence in most countries, but not in Japan. It is considered a proof of concept with 200 to be made, with a smaller version planned for 2025, at a much lower price.[6][7] The concept commenced in Japan since 2000.[8]
A one-person, or unmanned cargo, flying vehicle with four jet motors at the corners using artificial intelligence to maintain stability that has been described as a "flying motorbike" and named "Speeder" was under development in 2022, an idea that emerged from work with the US Navy. (As of February 2022) several full-size prototypes had been built. Top speed was 200 miles per hour (320 km/h), and flight endurance was 60 minutes.[9]
In fiction
- This concept is commonly used in futuristic cyberpunk games such as Mass Effect 3 or Cyberpunk 2077.[10]
- In the Star Wars universe, characters use speeder bikes lifted by repulsorlift engines.
- In Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard's crossover video game, heroes can use numerous types of hovercycles as mounts to increase their movement speed on the battlefield.
- In the television show Kamen Rider Revice, Kamen Rider Revi rode a hoverbike based on the A.L.I. Technologies XTurismo[7] as his main mode of transport.
See also
- Hoverboard
- Hovercar
References
- ↑ Edge, Dirck (14 July 2015). "Malloy Aeronautics Hoverbike Under Development". https://www.motorcycledaily.com/2015/07/malloy-aeronautics-hoverbike-under-development/.
- ↑ "U.S. Defense Department to develop UK hoverbike". Reuters. 22 June 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlkUZNwHMhw. Retrieved 1 May 2016.[|permanent dead YouTube link|dead YouTube link}}]
- ↑ Murgia, Madhumita (29 April 2016). "British inventor builds incredible working hoverbike". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/04/29/british-inventor-builds-incredible-working-hoverbike/.
- ↑ Passary, Anu (16 May 2014). "Aero-X is a cool hover bike that can be yours in 2017… for $85,000". Tech Times. http://www.techtimes.com/articles/7068/20140516/aero-x-is-a-cool-hover-bike-that-can-be-yours-in-2017-for-85-000.htm. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ↑ Orf, Darren (February 15, 2018). "The Scorpion-3 Is the World's First Manned Hoverbike". https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/drones/a25308/scorpion-3-manned-hoverbike/.
- ↑ "XTURISMO LIMITED EDITION". https://aerwins.us/xturismo/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Flying motorbikes: something out of a bad 1980s sci-fi movie or the future of the commute?". The Guardian. 20 September 2022. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/20/flying-motorbikes-xturismo-japan-future-commute.
- ↑ "Utada Hikaru - Wait & See ~Risk~". YouTube. 19 April 2000. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIEf-xJ8VE4. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ↑ Morris, Ben (18 March 2022). "How a jetpack design helped create a flying motorbike". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60333565.
- ↑ "You can't control flying cars in Cyberpunk 2077". 2018-06-21. https://www.vg247.com/2018/06/21/cyberpunk-2077-flying-cars/.
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