Comments on: New world record for longest hoverboard flight https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/new-world-record-for-longest-hoverboard-flight/ Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Gealon https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/new-world-record-for-longest-hoverboard-flight/#comment-769328 Mon, 01 Jun 2015 14:19:03 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=34452#comment-769328 In reply to Blair Ivey.

But hovercraft operate by ground effect. This machine is clearly free flying, regardless of its name and unconventional configuration, it is in essence a helicopter and you know the FAA will jump all over it on those grounds.

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/new-world-record-for-longest-hoverboard-flight/#comment-768053 Wed, 27 May 2015 03:17:21 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=34452#comment-768053 In reply to schwit.

Maybe. FAA doesn’t regulate hovercraft.

]]> By: schwit https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/new-world-record-for-longest-hoverboard-flight/#comment-768037 Wed, 27 May 2015 01:36:58 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=34452#comment-768037 I expect FAA regulations to be so stifling as to make it next to impossible to use in public.

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