Prague – Is it a bike? Is it a plane?
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Three Czech companies have teamed up to make a prototype of an electric bicycle that successfully took off Wednesday inside an exhibition hall in Prague and landed safely after a remote-controlled, five-minute flight.
Looking like a heavy mountain bike, it weighs 95 kilograms (209 pounds). It has two battery-power propellers in the front, two in the back and one each on the sides.
A dummy rode in the saddle.
Milan Duchek, technical director of Duratec, a bicycle frames maker, says more powerful batteries will be needed before a human takes a two-wheeled flight.
Why remote controlled? Are the inventors afraid to try it out on themselves?
Now I know what to get my kids for afikoman!
That’s one way to beat the traffic!
If Bloomberg will institute bike flying lanes????
Great idea if you’re passing through Williamsburg!
Won’t burn too many calories…
Really. This technology doesn’t have to be a 2-wheel bike.
It could be attached to a plank of wood, or even a small “Soapbox car” or tricycle.
What I would like to know is, can I attach it to a Pop-up Sukkah?
I never yet made a Bracha “L’yaishaiv B’Sukkah” while at an altitude of 500 feet, on my way to The Bronx Zoo or Six-Flags Great-Adventures!