Milan Duchek

Three Czech companies have teamed up to make a prototype of an electric bicycle that successfully took off Wednesday inside an exhibition hall in Prague and landed safely after a remote-controlled, five-minute flight.Looking like a heavy mountain bike, it weighs 95 kilogram (209 pounds). It has two battery-power propellers in the front, two in the back and one each on the sides.A dummy rode in the saddle.Milan Duchek, technical director of Duratec, a bicycle frames maker, says more powerful batteries will be needed before a human takes a two-wheeled flight.By now we have seen everything: bicycles rocket reaching 260 km / h , speed projectors on handlebar bike transparent ... but never a bike - helicopter. And over that really fly . That's just what we have developed several companies in the Czech Republic. Perhaps the most surreal ( and useless ) invention so far this year, but it 's fun. You can see it in action below . Three companies of the Czech Republic have teamed up to create this prototype electric bike with two giant turbines in the front and rear and two smaller on the sides to maintain stability. Its creators began to fly for five minutes with a doll instead of pilot case ... The flight was more or less a success , took off , stayed in the air and landed safely . And it is not enough : the engines had to lift the 95 that weighs entire structure.

According Milan Duchek , technical manager of the project , more powerful before a person can ride safely batteries are needed. Although the question is : why ? If someone sees a future full of flying bicycles similar to this (which , moreover , would cost a fortune)