Tesla’s flying Roadster is wild, but I’ve got to give it to the Gen Z maker in China who built his own flying skateboard.
Ayu’s inspiration was the New Goblin’s board in Spider-Man 3. His first prototype used five jet engines and caught fire during ground testing, so he switched to 10 electric rotors, which he says produce over 660 lb of thrust combined.
Small shifts in his weight could tilt the board. He practiced in a safety harness and used a phone-based assistant that tracked the board’s tilt and gave him spoken cues to adjust his stance.
He says the project took about two months, with more than 10 days spent learning to fly it. Now he’s riding it over rivers and through a canyon near his hometown in Hubei.
@elonmusk, got room for this guy on your team?