Hoverboards have been a thing since Back to the Future II, but none match the one piloted by Marty Mcfly. Omni Hoverboards CEO Alexandru Duru stated that his company could possibly be releasing the first commercial version soon. He currently holds the Guinness World Record for the longest flight on a hoverboard, so the odds are good that we’ll actually see one in the near future. Read more for two videos and additional information.
The commercial version will need some work, as the Guinness World Record prototype boasts no real flight controller, automatic stabilization, gyroscope or accelerometer. That’s right, everything is controlled via an Arduino electronics platform, which keeps track of throttle inputs and communicates with its electronic speed controllers (ESCs).
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It’s pretty much all you need for the control. It’s the thrust level. It’s the simplest thing you can imagine. Really. It’s your body that does the balance. Our brains can learn so many things, and it learns this as another skill. It’s not even that difficult,” said Duru.
