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#319573 9-May-2025 10:27
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https://volonaut.com/airbike  This just popped up on a news feed I have and appears to have been revealed to the world a week ago.

 

Is it real or rubbish?


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  #3371633 9-May-2025 10:42
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I'm calling bulls1tt.


 
 
 
 

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  #3371652 9-May-2025 10:53
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Imagine you walking down the street and a douche goes flying over everyone with that downdraft...





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  #3371653 9-May-2025 10:53
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It looks pretty phony to me. If it is jet propelled, where are the thrusters, or even a fuel tank to keep it in the air for more than five minutes? Jet packs are real. This is not.

 

  





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  #3371658 9-May-2025 10:57
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AI BS comes to mind.


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  #3371659 9-May-2025 10:58
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Website's blocked at work!


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  #3371667 9-May-2025 11:31
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Could it be another Theranos?

 





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  #3371675 9-May-2025 11:49
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Betcha they are about the start a "crowdfund" or series A capital raise,  :)

 

The Videos are full of hard fades, so you have no ability to judge the flights duration,

 

Plus looking at the debris being thrown around in their "river" video on YT its clear this is a looong way from a marketable product.....




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  #3371738 9-May-2025 13:24
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If it worked and had 30 km range, I could see it being useful to getting to the back of the farm quickly, or into some of the more remote hunting blocks or Fishing spots around NZ.


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  #3371749 9-May-2025 13:50
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djtOtago:

 

If it worked and had 30 km range, I could see it being useful to getting to the back of the farm quickly, or into some of the more remote hunting blocks or Fishing spots around NZ.

 

 

Your best hope at the moment for that spec is continued Drone Development, 

 

A flycart 30 can currently lug 30kg 15 kms, - so you're still years away from a human weight payload....

 

https://www.dji.com/nz/flycart-30

 

 


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  #3371764 9-May-2025 15:32
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Upto 7 times lighter than a motorbike.. So 30-40KG in weight... Including an engine of some sort capable to hauling my fat arse around..  Suuure..  More info here:  volonaut-airbike-takes-flight


  #3372097 10-May-2025 16:03
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wellygary:

 

djtOtago:

 

If it worked and had 30 km range, I could see it being useful to getting to the back of the farm quickly, or into some of the more remote hunting blocks or Fishing spots around NZ.

 

 

Your best hope at the moment for that spec is continued Drone Development, 

 

A flycart 30 can currently lug 30kg 15 kms, - so you're still years away from a human weight payload....

 

https://www.dji.com/nz/flycart-30

 

 

I mean, that sounds like a pretty basic scale-up to me.

 

 

 

Of more concern is that this would a) need to be human-rated, under whatever safety standard you try to certify it, and b) need to have rather advanced and reliable FBW to be controllable by the average person without too much training, even after equipment failures (fail-safe).

 

 

 

Crashing a 30kg loaded drone and maybe hitting someone is much more benign than crashing a 100kg loaded drone that's definitely carrying someone. 


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  #3372101 10-May-2025 16:41
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Claimed video


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  #3372102 10-May-2025 16:43
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This one made me wonder if it is real


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  #3372119 10-May-2025 20:14
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If they indeed managed to pull off a compact, highly efficient jet engine... forget the bike, become an engine manufacturer. 
It reminds me of a few of the other kickstarter scams where things are often too good to be true. eg. 

 

 





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