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kleinbl00  ·  1966 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dubai Police start training on flying motorbikes

It is a testament to the pull of "flying" anything that a $150k hovercraft incapable of breaking ground effect for a single minute of its ten-minute flight time is not only on CNN, it's on CNN for conning a sovereign government into paying for it.





katakowsj  ·  1965 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  

Hey Dubai, caveat emptor. What does this say about the ideals of Dubai Police if some dude sitting on four open air, super-sized, vita-mix blenders is certain to ensure the public safety?

kleinbl00  ·  1965 days ago  ·  link  ·  

DUBAI: The Gob Bluth of the UAE

am_Unition  ·  1963 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"But where did the Bengal tiger come from?!?"

am_Unition  ·  1963 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Do you think if they need to detain someone, they just string him up by the ankles and drag him behind the thing?

krmatthews  ·  1956 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Or it has a whip attached to it that will detain someone until the backup arrives. But stringing them up in the air by the ankles is fun, too. Now that would be a sight to see, especially if the hands are tied, too. Hopefully, the criminal doesn't have a fear of heights or he'd be soaked in vomit when they arrived at the police station.

am_Unition  ·  1955 days ago  ·  link  ·  

These things aren't powerful enough to get more than a few feet off the ground, so the perp is gonna be one giant, banged up scab.

krmatthews  ·  1948 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Can't say I feel sorry for the guy. If s/he commits a crime, s/he should be punished. Whether it's being hoisted up in the air face down using a flying motorbike as they fly to the station, or just being dragged a few feet up, just should be served. I hope they make it ugly and hard for those criminals.

KapteinB  ·  1963 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sadly I doubt it has enough lift to be able to do that. Maybe future models.

I do see some advantages of such vehicles, like being able to pass traffic jams or land on top of buildings, with a vehicle small enough to transport in the back of a pickup truck. Like with all new technology, the first production model is going to be overpriced and underwhelming, but I wouldn't be surprised to see vehicles like this one in use by police departments in major cities around the world in a few decades.

darlinareyousleepy  ·  1963 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I can't breathe I am laughing so hard.