Colin Furze is back with another one of his madcap inventions knocked up in his shed –a ‘HoverBike’ that actually flies.
“It has no steering, it has no brakes, it’s got two accelerators and not even a seat,” says Furze with his typical enthusiasm bordering on craziness.
We’ll overlook the lack of some of those items, though – his rough and ready prototype, which he describes as “a unhinged flying bike/human blender,” was knocked up in just a couple of weeks.
Though it does have (non-turning) handlebars and (non-functioning) brake levers for him to hold onto.
Furze’s creation could bring us a step closer to seeing Star Wars-style speeder bikes in real life – though given the current furore over disc brakes we can’t see the UCI approving the use of those rotors in a race anytime soon mind.
Here’s the ‘making of’ video.
We first featured Furze – a plumber by trade – three years ago when he strapped a jet engine onto the back of an old Raleigh Shopper and fired it up, describing it as “The most dangerous unsafe bike ever.”
That video has now had nearly 19 million views on YouTube.
5 thoughts on “Video: Colin Furze is back – with a HoverBike that flies”
I suspect that it would have
I suspect that it would have to have a hidden motor in order to generate enough lift. However, by cunningly avoiding the use of disc brakes (or indeed any brakes) it should get past all but the most eagle eyed of UCI technical doping scrutineers.
Mungecrundle wrote:
I think if we see this in the peloton they will ban bladed spokes, n’est pas?
Would it be more efficient
Would it be more efficient with skirts around the fans, like a hovercraft?
Silver Rider wrote:
the early versions did have cowls but it has been shaved right down on mass
Quote:
“Furze was arrested by Lincolnshire Police, for possessing an object converted into a firearm.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Furze
Legend!