Marty McFly can suck it. Colin Furze is the new kid on the hover block. Yes, Colin Furze, the guy who brought you such amazing contraptions as real life wolverine claws, magna shoes, and the worlds fastest baby stroller. With almost no engineering experience, a backyard shed, and maybe a major corporate sponsor, the Brit has done something many of us have only doodled on the back of our math binders. He made a hoverbike by strapping a couple of two-stroke parajet motors and propellors to a metal frame. His creation might not look like the more professional versions, but the guy’s onto something.
Now, we know exactly what you thinking: It’s a hoverbike but it’s also a human blender. The thing looks absolutely horrifying. Furze proudly announces that it has no steering, no brakes, and no stabilization system early on in the video. Apparently they were all cut to keep weight down. With that precautionary warning, the crashes aren’t a surprise. Furze has to balance out two individual throttles in order to stay in the air — which makes for dramatic video, but also leads to a few pretty hairy landings.
The project was funded by Ford who, I’m sure, are glad Furze survived this one. That guy is a mastermind. His hoverbike might be a little rough looking but as soon as they hit the market I expect the Uproxx Office to have one of these.
*That being said, our lawyers have made it very clear that that won’t be happening. This is a place of serious professional work. Not f*cking hoverbikes.*
