ARCA Space Corporation announced that it has created ArcaBoard which closely resembles Marty McFly’s Hoverboard in ‘Back to the Future’ and not to be confused with the wheeled versions currently on sale. ArcaBoard, an electric powered flying machine with 272 horsepower and 203,000 watts of installed power is the most powerful and lightest personal vehicle ever created. ArcaBoard represents total freedom of movement, total freedom of travel. ArcaBoard is a personal vehicle that can move in every possible direction including upwards. The retail price is $19,900 and is available for order now. Shipments will start April 15, 2016.
“ArcaBoard represents a revolution in motion. For the last 17 years we have developed aerospace technologies that looked to the sky. We took our knowledge and applied it to everyone’s dreams. Dreams of flying,” said Dumitru Popescu, CEO of ARCA Space Corporation.
ArcaBoard is built from composite materials, it has a length of 145x76x15 cm (57x30x6 inches) and a weight of 82 kg (180 lbs). This technology allows a person with a weight up to 110 kg (243 lbs) to be able to fly.
The vehicle is able to fly up to 30 cm (1 ft) and with speeds up to 20 km/h (12.5 mph) and the overall performance is limited by the onboard sensors. The maximum endurance is 6 minutes, but with the ArcaDock accessory the user can be back in action in 35 minutes.
Source: Press Release
6 minutes of hover time for $20k? Are you kidding me? I’d rather have my dji phantom for $600 that can fly for 25 minutes. For that kind of money this thing should be the end of my travel flying issues across all continents of the world. Wow. What a fing joke, quit with this crap and release what airlines and oil companies don’t really want us to have. I know they already exist so screw em take over their power then.