I want an Airbike!

[Free]

A flying car is just a plane without wings. And a jetpack would likely stick me in a tree somewhere and singe my clothing.

But an Airbike? Woof!



I'm just not sure it's real. Or will ever exist at a cost I can afford in my lifetime. But, I want to believe...

(This youtuber breaks down whether it's all a scam or not.)

 

[Free]

I could settle for a Jetson One, which I'd describe as a personal drone. But it's currently priced well in excess of 100 grand (USD). I'm not made of that kind of disposable income.

 

[Free]

There's also the Hoverbike from Hoversurf. But I've been hearing about this one since the 2019 CES trade show. +6 years is too long a wait, Hoverstay.

 

[Isabeau]

I’ll take two from the first video, and I’ll buy your favourite one for you, just because you deserve it. We could go on field trips together over giant flower beds. Hell, I’ll buy one for anyone here who wants to tag along.

 

[Rose Karuna]

I'm game, but full disclosure, I'm so clumsy that I fall off a regular bike, let alone, what would happen to me if I fell off an air bike! Also, how come they never showed it landing? What's a landing like?

 

[Tirellia]

I'm game, but full disclosure, I'm so clumsy that I fall off a regular bike, let alone, what would happen to me if I fell off an air bike! Also, how come they never showed it landing? What's a landing like?

I am absolutely certain that it lands. It lands after every flight. You can't be more certain than that.

 

[Noodles]

I knew a dude in college who planned to live on a farm, but work in a city and use one of those personal gyrocopters to commute every day.

He was also super into Linux and open source and tech.

 

[Free]

He was also super into Linux and open source and tech.

Hey, that sort of describes me. When do I get a gyrocopter?

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

I knew a dude in college who planned to live on a farm, but work in a city and use one of those personal gyrocopters to commute every day.

He was also super into Linux and open source and tech.

Commuting with a gyroplane would be very tricky, because unlike an actual helicopter a gyro can't hover, so it can't go just anywhere it wants. Under certain conditions you can land with only a few feet of rollout, but taking off is a different story, you really need a whole actual runway, at least as much runway as a light airplane.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

I’ll take two from the first video, and I’ll buy your favourite one for you, just because you deserve it. We could go on field trips together over giant flower beds. Hell, I’ll buy one for anyone here who wants to tag along.

Ooh! Ooh! Sign me up!

 

[Isabeau]

Yes to gyrocopter, no to gynocockter.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

He was also super into Linux and open source and tech.

Hey, that sort of describes me. When do I get a gyrocopter?

I think that describes a bunch of us here on VVO. At least you, me, Noodles, and Argent.
Where are our flying cars, jetpacks and gyrocopters.
And catgirls, we also need catgirls.

 

[Sid]

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[Free]

And catgirls, we also need catgirls.

Catgirls have been tariffed. Sadly.

 

[Free]

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Flying bikes are cool, but they feel so 20th century. Also, having to deal with the parachute feels like a lot of extra work.

 

[Casey Pelous]

Hey, that sort of describes me. When do I get a gyrocopter?

Something along these lines in private livery?

(That is a Fairey Rotodyne prototype -- one of many interesting turns the British aviation industry took after WWII. Because the rotor could be driven by the jet engines at its tips, it could take off and land vertically. After takeoff, it transitioned to being a gyrocopter. It flew about 350 (!) test flights, all without serious incident, but was done in by noise issues -- that big rotor with the jets on the ends was, it seems, hella loud -- weight/capacity concerns, and by politics.)

 

[Casey Pelous]

... the parachute feels like a lot of extra work.

How does anyone who ever tried to fold a fitted sheet trust a parachute?

 

[Free]

Something along these lines in private livery?

I'm not sure where I would park that...

 

[Casey Pelous]

I'm not sure where I would park that...

You just need a little place like this:

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

I'm not sure where I would park that...

Here's a smaller one for you. ^^