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# actually I am
I was wondering what would be needed technically to use a jet engine and vector it's output such that we could make a full on hoverbike, like in the seminal movie 'Some Guy who rode to his death on a jetbike'
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 15 May 2007, 23:32, archived)
# wouldnt it melt the tarmac or something?
it's prolly possibly easier if you use a jet turbine to power a fan instead though
(I helped save b3ta! wjh31, Tue 15 May 2007, 23:37, archived)
# where we're going
we don't need roads

because we'll be going there at about 400 mph and we'll probably be a mess of snot at the destination
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 15 May 2007, 23:39, archived)
# once you get that fast you can probably use aerodynamics to generate lift, rather than needing a fan
c.f ground effect vehicles
gimme a mo ill find a link
edit: www.damninteresting.com/?p=523
enjoy
(I helped save b3ta! wjh31, Tue 15 May 2007, 23:43, archived)
# er
aren't ground effect vehicles like "fucking gigantic" ?

I'm just talking about a bikey

I know a tubine driving a few props of some kind is probably more sane, I guess whatever is doable ends up looking like some kind of aircraft ultimately
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 15 May 2007, 23:51, archived)
# my mate is building a jet powered bike....
he's already burnt his shed down testing the engine
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Wed 16 May 2007, 0:00, archived)
# hahaha
:D

jet engines

not suitable for sheds :D
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 16 May 2007, 0:03, archived)
# im sure they'll probably scale down, you can get little remote controlled ones i think
(I helped save b3ta! wjh31, Wed 16 May 2007, 0:04, archived)
# I know nothing of this crazy science
:/

I just want a hoverbike!

damn it, it's already way past space year 2000 and we still don't have them
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 16 May 2007, 0:09, archived)
# there is also a distinct lack of:
1) Living on the moon
B) Four-square-meals-in-a-pill
III) Shiny silver spacesuit clothing
(I helped save b3ta! The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Wed 16 May 2007, 0:13, archived)