WATCH | Jet-powered dream machine will be able to fly over busy traffic.
Look ma, no wheels! The Lazareth Moto Volante prototype hovers 1m off the ground attached to stabilising tethers.French custom automotive builder Ludovic Lazareth has conjured up a number of unusual motorised creations in the past and the Moto Volante flying bike is his latest.
It rides much like a regular motorcycle on the road - except for having four wheels instead of two - but when the rider gets tired of traffic jams the contraption changes, Transformer-like, into a jet-powered quadcopter that soars over the gridlock. After pulling over to the side of the road, the rider presses a button to convert the Moto Volante to fly mode. It takes about a minute for the jets mounted in each wheel hub to warm up, upon which the wheels tilt 90 degrees to provide take-off and gliding thrust. There's a parachute mounted in each wheel in case of emergencies.Whether or not this oddball Jetson-style creation will ever really see production it's a very clever piece of engineering and worth a look.
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