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Flying Bicycle Is Real, Takes First Flight

Posted by Soulskill on from the yes,-you-were-definitely-the-first-one-to-think-of-an-ET-joke dept.

colinneagle writes "Bringing us one step closer to the hover-boards and flying cars that mid-20th century pop culture had predicted we would have by the year 2000, three Czech companies have come together to develop a functional flying bicycle. Designed by Technodat, Evektor, and Duratec, the flying bicycle weighs a little more than 187 lbs and limits its takeoff weight to about 350 lbs, according to a report from Polish bicycle news site Biketrendy. The report claims the bicycle, which is still just a prototype, is capable of staying in the air for about six minutes, although the companies working on the project hope to extend that to 50 minutes and top speeds of about 30 miles per hour. Currently, the fans propelling the bicycle are powered by a 50Ah battery."

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  1. [test; please ignore] by cogent · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is a test comment. Please ignore. Or moderate the hell out of it; fair enough. I work here. ;-)