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Everyone knows that hoverboards have wheels and they might have guessed that hoverboards will not need wheels; or will they? If you can build a hover board with wheels then that will make it easier for landing, but it will not make it very aerodynamic and it also adds weight. If something is to fly it is important that it is as light as possible, Hoverboard
Hoverboard for kids
If a hoverboard loses its air underneath or its ground cushion it will settle back to Earth and then when it touches the ground too fast and goes through the ground cushion then the rider will stop as if he hit a rock on the sidewalk that stop his wheels. This will deject the rider and might cause injury or worse hurt the rider’s pride. Generally skateboard riders have the agility to keep from injury due to minor stoppages, Hoverboards for Children
So the question is should hover boards of the future have wheels or should they have no wheels? The question is simple enough and yet the designers of the hover boards of the future will have to decide whether to put wheels on.
Hoverboard with wheels
Due to the adoption process of those who were engage in early technologies it might be wise to have wheels on the first hover boards and sell people the ease of the transition. Although in doing so (adding wheels to the first production) performance will loss on the hover board and decrease the potential excitement for the rider.
This might cause a backlash against the new technology of the hover board and prevent it from attaining the attrition rate needed with new trends and technologies. The smaller the hover board the more agile it will be and the more fun to ride.
It makes sense if we are to introduce hover boards into the skateboard market that we must completely consider the “WOW” factor for the rider if we wish them to ditch their current wooden skateboard for this new technology. Also let us consider snowboarding versus skiing and how the snowboarding trend eventually overtook skiing and revolutionized the sport.
What will the future designs and skateboards look like?
If the hoverboards are to fly and operate like hover boards then chances are they will be quite a bit different from what we are use to. For instance we know that hover craft have an interior area underneath to trap the air in a ground effect fashion.
We also know that hovercraft blow low-pressure air underneath at one to two pounds per square inch. To lift a 200 pound person does not require too much air flow close to the ground while in the
The interior of the board
Any future design of hover boards will have to take all this into consideration. The mechanism which blows the air also takes up space and this will have to be part of the interior of the board. Therefore the board will have to be very light and hollow inside and a little thicker in or taller to contain the mechanical part.
Our drawings show 4-5 inches in height with 2 inches below the board. Additionally, hovercraft need quite a bit of air and therefore the board will have to be design in such a way to collect the air as it moves forward with a series of air scoops and slats which help redirect the air into the interior mechanism.
Performance of the hover board
Too much restriction of the airflow will cause the hoverboard not to work very well. This means the rider will not be satisfy with the speed, agility, or performance of the hoverboard. The board will also need a spoiler system to dump the airflow it does not need at times, as do hover crafts.
The design must also allow the hover board to produce enough lift, through normal aircraft wing aerodynamic theory to support five times its weight during forward flight. A wing shape with side gates will need to be incorporate into the designs, official segways for Kids
No airflow can be waste and thus air which is blown underneath will need to be re-use through a series of design shaping strategies to force that air back along the aerodynamic structures of the hoverboards body.
Very fast and maneuverable
The goal is to build a hover board which can travel like a hockey puck on and near table game board; very fast and maneuverable. Then use that speed to gain lift from the relative wind and use deflection strategies for maneuvers and tricks, jumping and clearing objects. Since forward flight does exist also the rider will employ angle of attack strategies as well.
If the rider decides to slow down or turn directions then they will simply pivot the board into the relative when and use that to slow down and change directions. During this transitional phase flight the airflow coming at the bottom of the hover board will need to trap and redirect back around through the turbines rather than fighting them so the rider can zoom off and the other direction.
Directions to ride
All this is possible but it will radically change the design and looks of what we consider to be a modern-day skateboard. The futuristic design will be very cool looking and like nothing you have ever seen before. Will it fly? Yes and like nothing else you have ever seen either.
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