We’re happy that it wasn’t as bad as the media portrayed. I began to think “3 days long electricity blackout in Spain” due to the same news article being rehashed and promoted in various news sources over here in my country. I immediately thought of people stuck in metros, in elevators, or even that submarine with people in it which made a closer visit to the Titanic.
I’m happy to hear that it was only for a few hours and everything is ok now.
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The Volonaut Airbike looks like it came straight out of Star Wars This is the writeup on it.. With the author concluding with this.
"Described as a ‘superbike for the skies’ the jet propulsion system allegedly allows the Airbike to carry one rider at speeds up to 200km/h or 124mph.
That’s seriously impressive if true.
Unfortunately, that’s all we know about the Airbike for now, but if that isn’t a tantalizing teaser, we don’t know what is."
We have come along way from the age of the horse. It was believed that travelling faster than a horse would prove fatal due to the to brain being unable to cope with the speed of the scerenery passing by.
Also, looks incredibly dangerous, as anything going even 50 km/h without a proper crumple zone. In this case, you have to include the part of that zone to be entirety of human body. Head first.
Photograph: Blanche Ravalec “Dolly” and Richard Kiel “the Jaws”, during the filming of James Bond 007 Moonraker in 1979
That’s 2.17 m vs 1.60 m. The producers weren’t sure about the credibility of such height difference between the characters in the film, until they were informed by Kiel himself that his hife was 1.60 m too.
Airbike is 7 times lighter than a typical motorcycle thanks to use of advanced carbon fiber materials, 3d printing and minimalistic approach.
The videos are proving it can fly. Or its very good special effects team.
Of course its dangerous, wouldnt have much range, and would be impractical in any city or environment requiring sharp turns, but man proved he can fly a jetbike at any cost.