Hover bike - Dubai police

Boomslang 6/14/2020 10:45am
6/14/2020 10:45am
Boomslang wrote:
https://youtu.be/sBiYM8gqQ3Y
whateversclever69 wrote:
Police have pretty insane budgets. Not sure how that thing is going to help protect the public.
Capital punishment is a legal
penalty in the United Arab Emirates. Under Emirati law, multiple crimes carry the death penalty, and executions are carried through either a firing squad, hanging, or stoning. ... Overseas nationals and UAE nationals have both been executed for crimes.


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Calihusky 6/14/2020 10:54am
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Looks like Whiskey throttle. Just Have to pull the clutch in a little
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BobbyM 6/14/2020 11:00am
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Bet it handles the whoops just fine.
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Ingjr1 6/14/2020 11:02am
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Probably just a loose sprocket bolt.
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dimetime 6/14/2020 11:44am
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When a plan doesn't meet reality.

The thing reeks of over engineering yet under engineered at the same time.

A drone with a seat. Genius.
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face biter 6/14/2020 2:33pm
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Boomslang wrote:
https://youtu.be/sBiYM8gqQ3Y
whateversclever69 wrote:
Police have pretty insane budgets. Not sure how that thing is going to help protect the public.
Boomslang wrote:
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the United Arab Emirates. Under Emirati law, multiple crimes carry the death penalty, and executions are carried through either a firing squad, hanging...
Capital punishment is a legal
penalty in the United Arab Emirates. Under Emirati law, multiple crimes carry the death penalty, and executions are carried through either a firing squad, hanging, or stoning. ... Overseas nationals and UAE nationals have both been executed for crimes.


Maybe that thing is their newest form of capital punishment.
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Sierra Ranger 6/14/2020 2:42pm
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That looked like it must have been terrifying. Sketchy! He's lucky he didn't splatter himself like a bug.
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BallzoutBoy 6/14/2020 3:53pm
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Very very cool.
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ti473 6/14/2020 7:28pm
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WoodsRacer wrote:
Seems to me something like that should have an automated stability system and until that is functioning, tested, and reliability demonstrated no one should get on...
Seems to me something like that should have an automated stability system and until that is functioning, tested, and reliability demonstrated no one should get on it. Also the control system needs far better feedback, after the back was smashed its obvious the front thrust caused the imbalance and flipped the bike, this should be 100% avoidable with proper thrust vectoring, feedback, and limits. Overall pretty cool, just seems rushed to a maned flight when all this could be done with manikins and robots.

However, mad props to the pilot, he sent it far higher than expected

Oh, and why the hell are they doing this over pavement? Brave.
Doesn’t need any of that, just needs a factory ECU
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AJ565 6/14/2020 8:36pm
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They should have done some practicing
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gt80rider 6/14/2020 9:28pm
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Basically like riding 4 upside down lawn mowers... That's a Hard no thanks...
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wwdiii 6/15/2020 4:58am
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Pretty sure he was trying to whip right!!!
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I always wanted to pee in a gold platted bidet!!!!
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wwdiii 6/15/2020 5:03am
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Ingjr1 wrote:
Probably just a loose sprocket bolt.
Nope................his kickstarter broke!
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GeorgiePorgie 6/15/2020 5:33am
6/15/2020 5:33am
How long before they’re racing these things ?
MotoTribology 6/15/2020 6:39am
6/15/2020 6:39am Edited Date/Time 6/15/2020 6:40am
Well the thing is a QUAD-copter after all. The outcome was inevitable.

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tingo 6/15/2020 6:54am
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GeorgiePorgie wrote:
How long before they’re racing these things ?
Exactly. I can't wait for these things to be sorted out, safe (ish), and relatively affordable. I think there will be some sort of racing league within 15 years. The controls on that thing looked terrible and overly sensitive, but they'll figure it out. Once upon a time, my buddy and I both had tiny, nimble, fast airplanes. Our favorite thing to do was play follow the leader below tree top height through some huge cattle ranches in Central Florida. The big clumps of cypress trees made for an endless racecourse. Not the safest thing in the world, but safer (and 10x more exhilarating) than riding sport bikes on the street. These little quad copters will make that same feeling possible on a smaller, slower, safer scale.

Here is a video from over two years ago. It's hard to find anything more recent, but you know they are still working on them. Like a lot of things, battery tech is a main limiting factor for now.

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GeorgiePorgie 6/15/2020 7:05am
6/15/2020 7:05am
Humans will race anything. I’ll watch it too!
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Xeno 6/15/2020 7:59am
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It’s okay, they use prisoners as test pilots.

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