![]() The Flyboard Air is the second iteration of the Flyboard, a predecessor to Frank Zapata’s original model. ![]() Hold your jeers, ladies and gentlemen, you don’t want to be on the wrong side of history. Some even laughed at the first automobiles. Nonetheless, Arcaboard is still allegedly selling the hoverboard on its website for $14,900. According to the company’s CEO, ArcaBoard was created “so that you could achieve your dreams, dreams you never thought possible.” Well, if your dream is to utilize a series of fans to crudely achieve rudimentary flight without the ability to steer, then your dreams are within reach, my friend. The device is nearly indistinguishable from other run-of-the-mill boxes, yet, as the saying goes, “looks can be deceiving.” The ArcaBoard team spent thousands of hours creating and prototyping different structures, only to settle on a simple design that excels in terms of durability, stability, and security. That design - the shape of cutting-edge aerodynamics and avionics - is a rectangular prism. The ArcaBoard uses a total of 36 high-power, electric fans to hover above the earth, each of which is built directly into the frame. Last year, the ArcaBoard team launched a Kickstarter to fund the project, offering backers their very own ArcaBoards for a cool $10,000. Not surprisingly, the campaign was soon cancelled, after receiving a mere $1,148 of its $250,000 goal. Aesthetically speaking, the ArcaBoard certainly isn’t very impressive.
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