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Community => Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) => Topic started by: Danneaux on June 21, 2012, 08:49:07 PM
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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.