The World’s First Flying Bike Makes Its Debut at the North American International Auto Show

[Peter_Brosdahl]

The world’s first flying bike made its debut at the NAIAS in Detroit this week from Japan startup Komatsu and Delaware-based AERWINS Technologies. The hoverbike is being called...

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[Snowy]

It's cool, but I don't see many practical benefits of it over a normal road vehicle. Just an annoying sound.

 

[Zarathustra]

Calling it a bike, makes me picture someone pedaling it like the Wicked Witch of the West...

The I see the name Komatsu and think ofeexcavators and other construction equipment

The device itself reminds me of one of those homemade helicopters from the Far Cry game series

 

[Tempest]

I wouldn't want to ride that thing on a dirt road. ?

 

[Niner51]

Looks like a flying jet ski

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Yeah, they're definitely riding the hype train with the branding. I've seen other similar things in the last 12-18 months on YT with people basically mounting a bunch of drones to a frame and putting a chair on it. Far more rickety for sure, but similar idea.

 

[Zarathustra]

I wouldn't want to ride that thing on a dirt road. ?

I mean, it is a  flying bike after all

Also, dirt roads? What is this? Afghanistan?

 

[Riccochet]

Looks like something you'd see an add for in the back pages of popular science/mechanics.

 

[Tempest]

I mean, it is a  flying bike after all

Well they call it a hoverbike and I think the software restricts it to relatively modest elevations, though I could be mistaken on that.

I think noise would be the biggest issue. Other than that and the price tag (?), they look like they could be pretty **** fun once the software is hacked.

Protective gear? Stormtrooper armor. One limited edition variant in black...