HORUS HOVERBIKE

Reminiscent of an airboat, this hoverbike concept was designed to combine the freedom of flying with the riding experience of a superbike.

Horus was designed by 13 mechanical engineering students from the University of Sherbrook in Québec, Canada.

The students designed the bike to be controlled by four main components: a 120 kw combustion engine, two propellers, six deflectors and lateral thrusters. Imaginactive writes: “(The engine) will transmit its power to a shaft made of carbon fibre which will be linked to two 1,6-metre dia-meter propellers. Those propellers will generate the liftoff thrust and will be protected by two ducts and a net around them to ensure the safety of the pilot.”

Six deflectors for each rear propeller will control Horus’ roll, pitch, yaw and altitude; the deflectors at the bottom of the hoverbike will aid the thrust efficiency of the propellers located here by controlling altitude and pitch.

The final critical components to the hoverbike are the optional lateral thrusters. An optional extra, these are intended to boost its forward speed. “A light thermal engine of 12 kw will be linked to those thrusters to generate the additional power needed. According to Imaginactive, “At the end of those thrusters will be two small deflectors that will control the yaw at high speed. Those thrusters will act as turbochargers and will give the pilot the ability to ride the hoverbike like a flying superbike.”