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Nath
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http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/hoverbrd.htm
Nismo
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they were real
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I think real
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I would love one tho
Rocky
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yes guys they were real well class but were classed as dangerous so they never produced them gutted
Ryan L
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that was gonna be my 19th birthday present
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i wat one!

pew pew pew pewwwww
Nath
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I really hope everyone is joking
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well wudnt mind going to work on 1 safes petrol
Nath
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Would cut traffic from my daily drive thats fo sure
Rocky
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oh yeah now ya thinking
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I've got one
Paul_J
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It's broken atm though, just a plank on the floor.
Nath
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Mine has wheels. The bloke in Toys'r'us said it was the same thing as in the film

Have i been had??
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Yeah they r real, summat to do with earths magnetic field I think.
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i've got one at home, its resting on my invisibility suit, flubber trainers, and everlasting gobstoppper
Nath
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I am scared, it seriously sounds like some people in this thread are thinking they are real. Either that or its very bland sarcasm that isnt funny.
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Mr. Zemic's did say that hoverboards had been around in an interview, but parents groups suppressed the sale of them
Nath
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Maybe in the same format as hovercraft with inflatable air cushions, not like the ones seen in the film which defy gravity.
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he then said that he was jokin in the interveiw
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quote:
Originally posted by J4MIE P
Yeah they r real, summat to do with earths magnetic field I think.


Thing is I know how it could be done, but it'd be like skating on a ice rink - but with absolutely minimal friction...

To see what I mean, try to make 2 magnets repel against each other and put em close to each other. They will try to slide sideways.

Same thing would happen. You'd basically hover, but be so unstable you'd just smash straight into things with little control. Using Electro Magnets acting against the earths gravational pull this could be achieved, but maybe only at the poles

They use a similar thing on some high tech trains... Magnetics repel on track + train, so the train in effect hovers slightly, thus less friction and it can achieve a greater speed with better efficency - remove friction and it'd go on for ever, here you only have air friction if you leave a cushion of air between the train and track - sounds a bit risky though - bet they're prone to derailing...

been made in Japan I believe.
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oh yeh - the train above also moves by magnetic field... the magnets are set to attract, then at the front and repel at the back... then switch as it moves - so in effect it's like putting a carrot infront of a donkey and walking away as it comes towards you and having someone kicking the donkey up the ass following it.

And yes they had a rail type thing which actually stopped it just drifting off.
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
Mine has wheels. The bloke in Toys'r'us said it was the same thing as in the film

Have i been had??


stabalisers!

 
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