New Electric Hover Bike – the Kitty Hawk Flyer

Kitty Hawk,  a startup backed by Google co-founder Larry Page has revealed a flying car that’s in development and promised on the market by the end of 2017. 

Called the Flyer, the device is more of a hover bike with a series of drone-style propellers that provide lift. Kitty Hawk has designed the Flyer so that it runs purely on electricity and features controls so easy to use that anyone could learn to fly it in minutes. It’s also designed for vertical take-off and landings and can reach a height of 15 feet.

The Kitty Hawk Flyer is a new, all-electric aircraft. It is safe, tested and legal to operate in the United States in un-congested areas under the Ultralight category of FAA regulations. We’ve designed our first version specifically to fly over water. You don’t need a pilot’s license and you’ll learn to fly it in minutes. We publicly revealed the working prototype in April 2017. The official Flyer will be available by the end of the year.

Source: Press Release

 

 

One comment

  1. If you say it is “more of a hover bike”, then why did you call it a “flying car” in the first sentence?

    To be a car, you need to have wheels.

    For flying car, look up “Taylor Aircar” or “Terrafugia” . . .

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