Hoverbike Helicopter airflow visualization smoke test


http://www.hover-bike.com/flight.html
Airflow visualization using smoke through the rotor system to help correlate between real-world and theory.
This test is without the control surfaces

Luke Skywalker, eat your heart out—Australian Chris Malloy and his partners claim to have invented an actual, working hoverbike that zips along above the terrain like a Star Wars landspeeder cruising over the deserts of Tatooine.

"Our goal is to produce an extremely reliable helicopter, designed with rugged simplicity at its heart and true pilot safety built into the design and operation of the aircraft," Malloy's hoverbike website states.



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