Australian built Hoverbike prepares for takeoff

Australian guy builds himself a hoverbike. A hoverbike!

Chris Malloy’s prototype hoverbike has so far not done anything but hover while tied to the ground, but that is in no way stopping its designer from making all kinds of wildly optimistic projections about its performance and availability.

I worry about stability. Primarily of the hoverbike, but also of the users if this thing goes into production. I don’t see a lot of resistance to rolling (rotation around the longitudinal axis), though there is mention of gyros in it. I’m guessing that the optimism of going to production soon, is going to meet up with harsh reality once he is able to do some actual flight tests.

The only video on their web page is a smoke test