New hoverboard distance record!| Off-Topic Discussion forum |

GameboyRMH MegaDork
5/27/15 10:32 a.m.

Did you know there are hoverboard distance records? Turns out there are!

http://www.livescience.com/50963-hoverboard-world-record.html

(Basically the guy's standing on a couple of big electric heli rotors)

KyAllroad Dork
5/27/15 12:52 p.m.

That looks fun and REALLY dangerous.

T.J. UltimaDork
5/27/15 1:03 p.m.

Somehow, the idea made me think Clark Griswold instead of Marty McFly.

"This is a new non-caloric silicon-based kitchen lubricant my company has been working on. It creates a surface 500 times more slippery than any cooking oil. Ahhh! We're really going to fly down the hill with this stuff."

bgkast UltraDork
5/27/15 1:36 p.m.

I'm suprised his huge brass balls didn't fowl the propellers.

The water landing couldn't have been good for the electronics and motors.

dean1484 MegaDork
5/27/15 2:40 p.m.

In the article they say they are flying over water because of he heights it can get to. I seem to remember that hitting water from any serious height is like hitting concrete.