Police in This City Are About to Start Using Russian Hoverbikes

[HAB911]

Dubai police are ushering in the Star Wars era with the unveiling of quadcopter-style hoverbikes to its fleet.

The police force of the Gulf emirate announced at the Gitex Technology Week conference that they’ll soon have officers fighting crime from the sky on electric hoverbikes capable of speeds of up to 43 miles (75 kilometres) per hour.

The Scorpion hoverbike, exhibited at the biggest technology expo in the gulf region and built by a Russian company called Hoversurf, has been likened to a ridable drone, and is capable of flying with or without a pilot. Though the bike won’t fly higher than 20 feet, the Dubai police say that the hoverbike “will be deployed as a first-responder vehicle to get into hard-to-reach places where larger vehicles can’t go”, as per Ride Apart.

http://fortune.com/2017/10/18/police-dubai-hoverbikes/

[cstanleytech]

1. Maybe I missed it but what's the range because all the speed in the world will not matter if

it only has enough power to fly for a minute or two.

[HAB911]

2. I thought the exposed blades were of some concern!

[appal_jack]

3. Whaoa, yeah!

Transportation and weaponry, all in one...

-app

[cstanleytech]

4. Well there is that to.