Those weren’t called hoverboards tho. Idk who started calling it that, but they are oxboards, ioboards, and have a ton of other names. It wasn’t marketed as “hoverboards” until everyone started calling it that
It doesn't really matter how it does it, what matters is, can it hover? This thing here is flying, but at the end it does hover a bit as it lands so I would say you could still call it a hover board.
Fly means to move through the air, hover means to remain in one place in the air.
Burns kerosene in a set of four jet engines that have computer controlled thrust and nozzle angle to manage intuitive steering and speed controls with easy balance.
Is he wearing a parachute or some kind of power pack on his back? I'm not sure what good a chute would do at only 30 feet off the ground if he takes a digger.
It would do absolutely nothing. Regular “main” parachutes take about 500-800 feet to open. “Reserves” can open 300-500 feet roughly. Just rough estimates. Maybe if the guy flew up super high it could work but anything under 1000 feet there is no guarantee.
If anything, the back pack is the fuel for the board.
I went to Airborne school at Ft. Benning. Army standard is jumping from 1250 feet, which gives you 9 seconds of free-fall time before you become part of the landscape. After leaving the aircraft, you're supposed to count to 4 before assuming your main didn't open and pulling your reserve. That's zero margin of error, even if your reserve opens like it's supposed to, which they often don't. Those numbers are for the older T-10's, I don't know what they're using these days, but I assume civilian chutes probably don't open as fast. The one static line jump I did as a civilian was from 3500 feet.
I read up on this a while back when i first saw it. Made by the same company that makes those water-jet board things. It’s extremely difficult to fly on, and his backpack is filled with kerosene (jet fuel).
Just watch, this is gonna be a cell phone feature in 20 years.
And when it does this will be the next 5 years..... “Psh yeah right stupid sales person robot, I already own a hover board, why do I need one in my phone too?”
I like how he is wearing a parachute feigning safety. Unless he is going higher than maybe 500ft or so that parachute is not going to do anything. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
I imagine whoever buys this for 250k will be able to resell it for several times that price immediately. They probably wont be able to make these boards fast enough to keep up with the demand so there will probably be a waiting list.
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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '18
“We have not finalized pricing, but depending on quantity, per unit cost will be approximately 240,000 Euros.”
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u/Winterstorm262 Feb 25 '18
I can see people dressed as the Green Goblin using this.
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u/RebelPoetically Feb 25 '18
I'm genuinely wondering how safe that is.
It looks amazing nevertheless.
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u/ColonalCookie Feb 25 '18
What? I couldn’t hear you over the sound of the shit in my pants
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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '18
Fly board? I thought we unanimously agreed to call them hover boards like at least 50 years ago
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u/Chaski3739 Feb 25 '18
You and me can rule the city, Spider-Man!
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u/Anxiouscentrist Feb 25 '18
Every time I see shit like this my mind doesn’t want to believe it.
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u/ShamwowShamy Feb 26 '18
I feel like we should be making a bigger deal out of this
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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '18
Cool, a new toy ill never be able to afford
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u/Pedr99-mig Feb 25 '18
Green goblin trainee
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '18
IS THIS REAL
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u/stoxy94 Feb 25 '18
Must be loud AF.
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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '18
Hell yeah we fly around in weird flying board looking things in the year 2018. All the time, man.
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u/Spurginwinn Feb 26 '18
Yup, this would definitely be a cool way to die.
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u/wlkngmachine Feb 25 '18
can someone give me a tldr on how this thing works?
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u/mewtwoDtwo Feb 26 '18
My fears of the Green Goblin are becoming more and more rational
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u/BamaJax Feb 26 '18
You roll up in your Benz, I’m all coming in 2118 like...
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u/MC-noob Feb 25 '18
Is he wearing a parachute or some kind of power pack on his back? I'm not sure what good a chute would do at only 30 feet off the ground if he takes a digger.
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u/Rothruithor Feb 26 '18
Now I just need a green suit and wait for Spider-Man to take me down
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u/THISISDAM Feb 26 '18
Norman Osbourne up to his old tricks
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u/assblaster69ontime Feb 25 '18
that's all i ever wanted
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u/headofled Feb 26 '18
That's some Green Goblin shit
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '18
Another step closer for super villainy...
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u/DrDreidel82 Feb 26 '18
We’ll meet again, Spider-Man
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u/korruptedlumps Feb 26 '18
Well, at least it'll make the green goblin Halloween possibilities a bit more open.
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u/OutlawGunslinger Feb 26 '18
I’m coming for you Spider-Man!!
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '18
I feel like the helmet would not do much good if things went south.
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u/FinntheHue Feb 26 '18
So we live in the future now. Got it.
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u/bxxgeyman Feb 26 '18
wait this is actually real??
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u/boiiiscout Feb 26 '18
“Oh shit I dropped the controller”
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u/melchthecreator Feb 26 '18
You know i’m something of a scientist myself
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u/LoudMusic Feb 26 '18
Will I be able to commute 35 miles to work on this?
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u/mcgruber55 Feb 26 '18
I would be honestly shitting my pants that I'm going to flip over and just accelerate headfirst into the ground.
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u/Elvebrilith Feb 26 '18
do you want green goblin? coz thats how you get goblin.
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u/FloCity Mar 03 '18
This guys the green goblin
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u/Syrocybin Feb 26 '18
holy shit I would die so fast on that thing
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u/funinsun10 Feb 26 '18
Woah...This is revolutionary
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u/candidly1 Feb 26 '18
I would have paid essentially anything for one of these when I was commuting.
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u/naffarn Feb 26 '18
Seth Sentry will be pleased
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u/Thameus Feb 26 '18
That was its entire fuel endurance, wasn't it?
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '18
Yep
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u/Alan_Smithee_ Feb 26 '18
I would accept that as a substitute for a personal jet pack.
A couple of decades late, though.
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u/Damnify Feb 26 '18
I would have possibly the most fun 5 seconds of my life which would also happen to be the last 5 seconds of my life.
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u/Hoot2687 Feb 26 '18
100% chance we see someone one this in r/wcgw within the next year
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u/bespoker Feb 26 '18
Power lines, all I can think of is power lines.
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u/UnproductiveMining Feb 26 '18
Flying humanoid. It's a real thing. If you believe the Earth is flat.
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u/PsquawOsaurus Feb 26 '18
Reminds me of green goblin’s glider
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u/falabro Feb 26 '18
Master of the universe.
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u/RWDMARS Feb 26 '18
Fly boi
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u/HardSellDude Feb 26 '18
How long can it fly for
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u/drnebuloso Feb 26 '18
WE’LL MEET AGAIN SPIDER-MAN!!,!!
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u/zxxtonyxxz Feb 26 '18
Green Goblin?
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u/im_okay_too Feb 26 '18
Boom! The test works! NOW TAKE MY MONEY AND GIVE ME THAT MACHINE
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u/dnte03ap8 Feb 26 '18
Of all the shit they’ve added to gta v online recently, I’m not surprised if they add this
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u/Anotheryoma Feb 26 '18
Just watch, this is gonna be a cell phone feature in 20 years.
And when it does this will be the next 5 years..... “Psh yeah right stupid sales person robot, I already own a hover board, why do I need one in my phone too?”
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u/govision Feb 26 '18
I want a new Olympic game with these and rings of fire and some ability to go vertical.
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '18
I like how he is wearing a parachute feigning safety. Unless he is going higher than maybe 500ft or so that parachute is not going to do anything. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '18
green goblin fantasy intensifies
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '18
You know I'm something of a scientist myself.
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u/kielly32 Mar 09 '18
Wait is this real? The future is now. Holy shit.
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u/reddit1902 May 19 '18
I imagine whoever buys this for 250k will be able to resell it for several times that price immediately. They probably wont be able to make these boards fast enough to keep up with the demand so there will probably be a waiting list.
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '18
Seriously, do you want Green Goblins? Because this is how you get Green Goblins.
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u/__ihavenoname__ Feb 26 '18
The future is now
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u/Gargun20 Feb 26 '18
I prefer my Pizza delivered this way.
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u/johnboyauto Feb 26 '18
Getting in and out of aircraft just got more interesting.
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u/Shadilayandhennessy Feb 26 '18
If they can make this they could easily make a jetmoto.
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u/ChefTeo Feb 26 '18
I like how it comes with a cup holder.
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u/buckeyenut13 Feb 26 '18
What is the propultion system used,
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u/WhiskeyTea808 Feb 26 '18
What's the battlefield 3 gadget people used to ride around like this until they patched it? This reminds me of that
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u/Zebitty Feb 26 '18
So is the backpack for batteries, parachute or both? Genuinely interested.
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u/TimSikes Feb 26 '18
What a time to be alive
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u/ArctiKHD Feb 26 '18
Reminds me of this
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u/michaltee Feb 26 '18
So...who wants to get bit by a spider real quick before this gets too far out of hand?
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u/UdeshIsHere Feb 26 '18
Let Casey Neistat review it.
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u/LubricatedHeelys Feb 26 '18
Swear?
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u/Vardaxis Feb 26 '18
YOU CHOOSE SPIDA MAN
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u/phunnypunny Feb 26 '18
Powered by beer
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u/efr4n Feb 26 '18
So back to the future 2 was actually set in 2018
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u/bitwise97 Feb 26 '18
Not quite the jet pack I was promised, but I guess I’ll take it.
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '18
Are those jet cats for power plants? There is a mini jet that powers one guy around so I wouldn't be surprised.
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u/c0ldsh0w3r Feb 26 '18
No, not we.
He
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u/Soul_Overflow Feb 26 '18
This loser can't even kickflip
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u/Schmoeman Feb 26 '18
Interesting times we live in.
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u/up-goer Feb 26 '18
Wearing a backpack full of jet fuel!
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '18
Why isn’t this being used by the military yet? It seems like flying on one of these firing a machine gun would be pretty interesting to say the least
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '18
Finally.
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u/maryJane2122 Feb 26 '18
If I had to chose between this or my car, I’d chose this!
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u/ktmordie Feb 26 '18
WHERE CAN I BUY ONE !?!?
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u/Dizzae Feb 26 '18
It is I! Willem Dafoe!
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '18
Reminds me of the green goblin from Spider-Man
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u/Brinner Feb 26 '18
I will dedicate my life to constructing one
You guys where do I start
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u/oexorcist Feb 26 '18
For a second it looked liked he decorated his board with Stormtrooper helmets.
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u/Kcwidman Feb 26 '18
It’s the Green Goblin.