Aerofex is a company that hopes to commercialize the technology. One of the most interesting parts is that Aerofex has solved some of the instability issues plaguing similar earlier designs and says operation of the vehicle is so simple no pilot training is required.
Rather than having wheels like a normal motorcycle, the Aerofex vehicle has a pair of ducted rotors. The company has addressed stability issues in the design using a mechanical system with two control bars located at the rider’s knee level. Those control bars allow the vehicle to respond to the pilots leaning movements and natural sense of balance.
Control of the bike is handled mechanically with no electronics or artificial intelligence flight software required. That should make the bike more robust, cheaper to purchase and operate, and safer.
Source - aerofex.com
Aerofex : "Technology Licensing Aerofex has developed and sold or licensed intellectual property in the air-transport and aerospace industries. We have also partnered with several of our client companies to develop their IP on a work for hire basis.
Our current portfolio includes significant achievements in ducted-fan stability, propulsion, and control technologies."
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