This Real-Life Speeder Bike Looks Like a Terrifyingly Fun Death Trap

Yeehaw! Airbike Jordan A Poland-based startup called Volonaut has released a flashy new video of its Airbike, a terrifying-looking, jet-powered hoverbike. The "superbike for the skies" is reminiscent of the speeder bikes ripping through the dense underbrush of Endor in the 1983 Star Wars movie "Return of the Jedi," effortlessly soaring over a rugged landscape as if it were defying gravity. The startup even shared a promotional video of a rider dressed up like a Stormtrooper riding the bike for a May the Fourth-inspired social media post over the weekend. Inventor Tomasz Patan, who showed off a one-person, fully-electric eVTOL called the Jetson ONE earlier this year, went back to the drawing board for the Airbike, relying on jet propulsion instead of spinning propellers to reach advertised speeds of up to 124 mph. "The Airbike's proprietary stabilization system enhanced by a flight computer provides automatic hover and ease of control for its rider," the startup's website boasts. ... Read full article.