http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/06/flying-bike-2013-06-13-01.jpgResearchers from several Czech companies have managed to make a bicycle soar thanks to six motor-driven propellers. Looking like an over-sized quadrocopter drone, the bike was actually guided in a similar RC manner by scientists on the ground while a dummy rode in the pilot’s seat. The range of the contraption was severely limited by the small batteries needed to keep the weight down, and the device would obviously be difficult to operate on a bike path due to its ungainly size. Still, the developers said the project was more about the fulfillment of childhood dreams than any commercial aim – though we’re not sure even our wildest ET fantasies would compel us to make the leap.
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Via: CNET
Source: Ceske Noviny