DiasDePlaya Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Look this!!!! WOW!!!http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/hoverboard-duru-1.3270569 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag_Rip Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 not sure if he just has a nicely balanced setup of props and he is kind of surfing the aircushion or if it has stabilizing capability and he must actively move the center of mass to make it go somewhere. The clampcelerator is neat too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I am guessing it works the same as any drone, just on a larger scale. I think I see a remote control in his hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosCal Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Is the lift creating by the opposing force of the ground? It looks like it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoMarjamaa Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Is the lift creating by the opposing force of the ground? It looks like it is. Yes, the ground effect ( or in this case the water effect). Higher you go, less ground effect so you can get only a couple meters, 5m max, high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robca Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 It's a basic octocopter, more powerful than usual, capable of carrying a human being for ~1.5 minutes using a truckload of LiPo batteries (just charging those will take hours, or an army of chargers in parallel)... there are quite a few multicopters capable of carrying a person, none practical: they are all very noisy, all very dangerous (there is a reason he flies over water), and range is non-existent. This one has exposed propellers, and looks even more dangerous than most, but it's one of the few that flies well (and by calling it a hoverboard, he's getting more attention than most other designs with worse names)I'm pretty sure it could fly higher (yes, ground effect helps, but multicopters actually fly better well above the disturbance caused by the propellers: when close to ground, the controller must continuously adjust to avoid oscillations, using up more power than flying in clear air), the problem is that with 1.5min battery life, there isn't a lot of time to safely go higher. Also, the design is still pretty experimental (shuts off unexpectedly), so flying higher is probably not a good ideaFlying, as cool as it looks, will never get to the range you can get by rolling, so I doubt it will ever replace eucs, e-skates or e-bykes. But it's cool, no questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiasDePlaya Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 Maybe someday someone invent a battery with a electric density (Wh/kg) that made those prototypes functional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiasDePlaya Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 And this is the most comfortable thing that I never see before! I think that I can go to the office riding this every day but probably is boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villac Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Wow! Personal flight, and looks to be a notch safer than a wingsuit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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