Hi All!
FBike, a Czech company, is hard at work developing a flying bicycle.
Say what?
Yes, it seems FBike are indeed putting their efforts into developing the bicycle version of the Moller SkyCar.
Looking a bit like a duralumin Surly Pugsly (
http://surlybikes.com/bikes/pugsley ) crossed with an attic ventilator and a pedelec drivetrain, they have developed a cool website and some pretty neat videos. Even more intriguing, a prototype is scheduled for test flights this August.
Those test flights won't be long, as flight times are estimated at only 3-5 minutes.
Regardless, I love stuff like this. I dreamed of such things as a kid, growing up on a steady diet of Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs books. Practical-schmactical, this is
bicycling...combined with
flight. How could it possible by better? I know! Add Ortliebs and Rohloffs! That'd make it a sure-fire entry on my Need.Want list. And, if it's on the Innernet, it
has to be true.
All the news on this remarkable research is here:
http://www.designyourdreams.cz/en/Videos here:
http://www.designyourdreams.cz/en/media/Discussion forum and Facebook link here:
http://www.designyourdreams.cz/en/diskusni-forum/Best,
Dan.
