Obligatory Hoverbike

tadema

@krisidious said:

I think you're going to need a seatbelt...
lol and air bags.

Looking great bryan!
John

Bryan K

@tadema said:

@krisidious said:

I think you're going to need a seatbelt...
lol and air bags.

Looking great bryan!
John

Thanks John! Still a ways to go yet.

Anton_S

Good job!

Bryan K

@anton_s said:

Good job!

Thanks Anton! Still working on it.

Bryan K

Updated seat. What a pain that was! Minor change in the top cowling. Detail added to foot pegs.

Bryan K

Reworked the tail and started roughing in the handlebars.

Bryan K

Meh. Hate it.

deaneau

@Richard
the small wheels is for beginner, like the training wheels?

solo

@bryan k said:

Meh. Hate it.

Turn it into a render challenge then and who knows you may love the results.

Mike Amos

Second that, nothing wrong with the design imho.

Bryan K

I meant the tail. You'll see. I have a far better idea and now I know how to achieve it.

But thanks for compliments!

hellnbak

Been following this, progressing very nicely. Are you going to add some sort of windscreen at some point?

Bryan K

@hellnbak said:

Been following this, progressing very nicely. Are you going to add some sort of windscreen at some point?

Thanks!

Yes. Still fine tuning the body.

This is more like what I had in mi.nd for the tail. Not perfect, but a lot, lot closer

Bryan K

Minor updates and some finer detailing.

Bryan K

Handlebar update. Almost done with them.

Bryan K

Update.

Mike Amos

It might look better if you used the aircraft instrument layout, you could use various picture downloads for those. If it is going to fly it will need a few more of those instruments.

olishea

Good idea Mike.

Some more inspiration, albeit a few years behind your jet/thrust based design.....but something which should be available to BUY in less than 5 years.

I thought it may be a gimmick at first...but it highlights the inherent danger behind helicopter flight. You can't easily just jump out with a parachute in case of complete failure. With this new hoverbike, any engine issues and you'll have two parachutes to bring you back to land.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_egrDnqfkes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_egrDnqfkes

Bryan K

Mike, there will be a full HUD in the windscreen/fairing. The instruments cluster you see now are mostly to give a semi-retro look and act as back up in case of HUD failure. However, the most basic instruments you need to fly are altimeter, air speed, compass, and fuel. The rest are engine temp and oil pressure and rpm. The last 2 are not needed on this bike.

Olishea, those are anti gravity pods. This is strictly a sci-fi design.

All that aside, thanks for the suggestions!

Bryan K

Oh, and an artificial horizon. (almost forgot)