Aero-X Hoverbike To Make Low-Altitude Flight Real - Sales Begin In 2017

Aerofex is soon going to make the dream of flying your own motorcycle in the air real with its Aero-X hoverbike all set to launch in 2017. The mean machine will be able to fly on low-altitude (10 feet off the ground) at the speed of 45 miles per hour. The engineer and designer brains behind this innovative project believe that the Aero-X bike can be used for various useful applications such as disaster relief, search and rescue, border patrol, surveying, aerial agricultural, ranching, and much more. The company is confident that any one can learn to operate this hover bike in 2-3 days of training.

Designed to work just like any other motorcycle on the ground, Aero-X responds to the rider's movements and a 3-rotor rotary engine powers this vehicle that offers a flight duration of about 1.25 hours. The powertrain sports direct drive composite driveshafts and oil-cooled gearboxes. The Aero-X bike features very few moving parts and therefore costs low in maintenance. Running on the automotive gasoline fuel, the dimension of the Aero-X bike are - Length: 14.8 feet (4.5 m), Width: 6.8 feet (2.1 m) and Height: 4.1 feet (1.25 m). If we look at the flying bike's design, we see carbon fiber composite primary structure and fixed-pitch carbon fiber fans. There's four-wheel gear with castoring aft, two-position control bars and an intuitive pilot interface.

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If you are concerned about the rider's safety, you can note that the Aero-X hoverbike features ducts shroud rotating fans from ground personnel and obstacles, power train monitoring system, 3:2 engine redundancy, redundant control system and whole vehicle airbags. Moreover, among the standard equipment that comes with the bike, you will find a Tachometer with indicator lights as well as mounting, USB, and power provisions for auxiliary equipment. With a pre-fuel weight of about 356kg, the hoverbike can carry loads of up to 140kg over any any type of surface. That said, the bike is said to run for 75 minutes on a full fuel tank.

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Aerofex, the company behind this all, has filed many patents based on solving the stability and coupling problems commonly found in the early ducted rotor vehicles. The engineers at Aerofex have come up with a solution that involves having a shroud around the bottom of both front and back rotors to add an additional level of control for the vehicle's movements. The company has planned to showcase its first test flight by 2016 and if all goes well, they are ready to sell the first Aero-X commercial model in 2017 for a price of US $85,000 (approx. Rs. 50 Lakhs). The preorders have already begun and you can book one fore yourself for a deposit of $5000.

We had already covered the Aerofex Hover Bike Turns Science Fiction Into Reality [Video] along with a video. Do take a look. The company is a brainchild of Mark DeRoche, an experienced aerospace engineer whose vision of the benefits and utility of low-altitude flight has inspired 15 years of development and innovation. What are your thoughts on the new flying bike and the engineering behind it? Share with us in comments below.

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  • Gingerbreadman
    Gingerbreadman
    Well done, this is very good thinking.
  • Anoop Mathew
    Anoop Mathew
    Can't wait! Nice design. Wonder what kind of driving/flying license it'd require! *fingers.crossed*

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