I want one of these!

[Firstpeke]

Boys toys, providing said boys have access to adequate funds....... and insurance.....

In motorcycling any accident you can walk away from is a good one..... in aviation any landing you can walk away from is a good one....

In this case I am unsure how to categorise this mode of travel regarding accidents and/or landings.......

Perhaps if it had wheels also, a running landing (controlled collision with the ground) would be less erm...... painful?

 

[Erdoc48]

They have been predicting flying cars (and by extension bikes) since the 1920’s- we were all supposed to commute by air something like 40 years ago. It’ll likely never happen. Too expensive, too prone to fail, too much regulation, and too much liability on the part of the company making the vehicles. I think it was Cessna Aircraft Co. that stopped making general aviation airplanes years ago due to people crashing them and then suing Cessna for that- people wanted the company to be held liable decades after the planes were built (there was a seat defect you can read here: (https://simpleflying.com/cessna-halts-single-engine-production/). I believe they make them now for GA, but must have received some limited liability clause so they’re not on the hook long term for them. We’re mostly older here so don’t hold your breath waiting for a flying bike- it’ll be a curiosity at best.

I also wonder if that video is AI generated and the bike doesn’t actually exist yet. Sometimes companies will produce something like this to get investors involved so they can either get the project going (and a prototype but no vehicle for actual sale- looking at you Aptera- or a company that takes the money and eventually runs (like Elio if you remember them).

Their webpage is only one page: https://volonaut.com/airbike and gives very limited detail.

My personal belief is that this bike doesn’t really exist.

 

[bdalameda]

They have been predicting flying cars (and by extension bikes) since the 1920’s- we were all supposed to commute by air something like 40 years ago. It’ll likely never happen. Too expensive, too prone to fail, too much regulation, and too much liability on the part of the company making the vehicles. I think it was Cessna Aircraft Co. that stopped making general aviation airplanes years ago due to people crashing them and then suing Cessna for that- people wanted the company to be held liable decades after the planes were built (there was a seat defect you can read here: (https://simpleflying.com/cessna-halts-single-engine-production/). I believe they make them now for GA, but must have received some limited liability clause so they’re not on the hook long term for them. We’re mostly older here so don’t hold your breath waiting for a flying bike- it’ll be a curiosity at best.

I also wonder if that video is AI generated and the bike doesn’t actually exist yet. Sometimes companies will produce something like this to get investors involved so they can either get the project going (and a prototype but no vehicle for actual sale- looking at you Aptera- or a company that takes the money and eventually runs (like Elio if you remember them).

Their webpage is only one page: https://volonaut.com/airbike and gives very limited detail.

My personal belief is that this bike doesn’t really exist.

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