Flying motorcycle of the Pentagon

A full production model

concept

   The American military establishment will develop air motorcycles for the army along with the English startup Malloy Aeronautics, which is very close to the release of the full production model. Malloy will join forces with one of the oldest companies in the field of research and development of military technologies SURVICE Engineering. On the project will be to work as a us military research lab in Maryland. This was announced by the Lieutenant-Governor of Maryland Boyd Restenford. Originally, however, none of what the military use of a flying motorcycle were not discussed. A few years ago, engineer Chris Malloy from Australia promised on the Internet to develop a personal air transport, which will be used as a motorcycle. Features excited the imagination: altitude up to 3 km, the speed is 278 km/h, flight range on one tank is ~150 km, or 50 minutes without landing, and with additional suspended tank and more.

The Kickstarter allowed us to quickly collect £64 million with the stated objective of £30 thousand Bonus for donated funds traditionally awards in the form of backpacks, t-shirts, the control electronic Board for pitying to experiment with drones alone, the model of hoverbayk in 1/3 of the real value. Branded shirts and now you can buy on the official site of Malloy Aeronautics. Malloy had planned to launch hoverbike in a series of up to 100 units per year at a price of $40-60 thousand 

Can fly without people

hoverbayk

   For this site was initiated Fund-raising for the opening of mass production, however, required from $1.1 million at the time of writing has raised nearly $88 thousand And now is supported on Kickstarter to develop once again left in the hands of the military. While it remains unclear whether or not to continue the development of a civilian version of hover, or all the attention Malloy Aeronautics will take on army variant. Australian and British engineers are working on an "air motorcycle" for over two years and talk about the enormous benefits hoverbikes and a full-sized drones for military use helicopters before. They are safer and have higher survivability in combat, since they can fly without people and be controlled remotely. While they are much smaller and much cheaper to maintain. Since the beginning of development, when the main element carbon screws were made by hand, and the core is filled with foam, the technology has evolved substantially. Design with two screws turned into a quadrocopter. The solution in the form of offset and overlapping rotating blades designed to reduce the weight and size of the device. When folded for transporting condition quadrocopter takes up even less space. To prove the viability of the concept Malloy has built in Hampshire model size three times smaller than the original device, but with the layout of the pilot is to demonstrate the ability of hoverbayk to bear the person. This helped to attract funding for further developments.

The Pentagon is interested in technology 

technology

   By the way, in the mind of a robot driver is the camera. The model consistently performs the required maneuvers at different altitudes. Full-sized prototype with a passenger at the present time was tested only with safety ropes holding him at low altitude. Full hoverbayk will possess increased stability and maneuverability, can be controlled by the operator, automatically follow a predetermined program of flight or just to fly for a Manager to them man, like many modern drones. "Hoverbayk inexpensive, can handle a lot of weight, takes up little space and is easily transported between continents on ships or C130 transport planes," says Grant Stapleton, Director of marketing and sales Malloy. Many of these devices may be located near the place where they are needed, or a very easy and fast to be running right there". The developers also claim that a small price and practical dimensions allow the use of hoverbike for rescue operations, rapid response and delivery of goods in a confined space. At the air show "Le Bourget" mark Butkevich from SURVICE explained that the Pentagon is interested in technology hoverbike because of their multipurpose use. A new form of transport will be able to effectively move troops through difficult terrain, also used for cargo transport, air support, intelligence and surveillance. We can only hope that hoverbike will remain a dual-use technology, and enter into our daily lives and in the form of civilian transport.