Fancy a Hoverbike?

It’s our childhood dream that one day we’ll be riding a flying bike or flying car. Could we be close to riding around on hoverbikes?  If Chris Malloy has anything to do with it, yes.  Chris has developed a working prototype of a hoverbike and is looking for investors to help him push it into production.

The hoverbike has two counter-rotating blades and resembles a performance motorcycle.  It is 231 pounds which makes it less than a motorcycle. Adventurous motorcyclists might be familiar with the thrill of getting airborne at the top of a rise, but the Hoverbike is set to take catching some air to a whole new level. With a 1170 cc 4-stroke engine delivering 80 kW driving two ducted propellers, the inventor of the Hoverbike, Chris Malloy, says with its high thrust to weight ratio, the Hoverbike should be able to reach an estimated height of more than 10,000 feet and reach an indicated airspeed of 150 knots (278 km/h or 173 mph).

At the moment these are only theoretical figures as the Hoverbike hasn't been put through its paces yet, but Malloy has constructed a prototype Hoverbike and plans to conduct real world flight tests in a couple of months. Behold dreamers(*yeay)!!

Chris Malloy with his beast machine!