Aero-X Hoverbike Aero-X prototype pilots can steer the hover vehicle by simply leaning and using handlebar grips like a motorcycle. The current prototypes use so-called knee bars to detect the pilots leaning direction, but the future Aero-X will likely just use handlebar grips for a more natural control scheme. De Roche envisions the Aero-X prototype eventually being capable of carrying 140 kilograms of weight and running for about 1 hour and fifteen minutes on a full tank of gasoline. The vehicles ducted rotors have a higher fuel burn rate than a helicopters open-rotor design, but it costs far less than any helicopter or aircraft and is much easier to control. Aerofex has filed several patents based on solving the stability and coupling problems that plagued early ducted rotor vehicles. One of the companys solutions includes having a shroud around the bottom of both front and back rotors to add an additional level of control for the vehicles movements. If all goes well, the company plans to begin flight tests of the full Aero-X design by 2016. spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/transportation/alternative-transportation/aerox-hoverbike-goes-on-sale-in-2017
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 11:30:00 +0000
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