The Scorpion-3 motorcycle is a high-tech aircraft based on a quadcopter. It is an electric propulsion vehicle that combines a motorcycle seat with quadrocopters drone technology that gives us agility, speed and stability of flight.
Scorpion-3, has been created by the Russian company Hoversurf. Its premiere took place at the GITEX technology fair, which was held in Dubai between October 8 and 12.
Hovesurf / Scorpion-3, the next flying motorcycle of the Dubai police.
The high temperatures and desert dunes are huge efforts for police vehicles in Dubai. Scorpion-3 may be very useful for such adverse terrain.
Scorpion-3 is perceived at first glance as an instrument of extreme sports, however its potential for transport in the future is very evident.
Born as a Scorpion-3 crowfunding project, it is part of a series of projects that include Jetpack by Malloy, Aerofex, A. Duru, E-Hang, Bye Gravity, E-volo.
The aircraft has been designed for extreme conditions and uses internal custom software for total manual and automatic control.
The design of the Scorpion-3 platform has been inspired by the chassis of heavy-duty sports utility motorcycles and the concept was combined with flying qualities that provide speed and maneuverability.
The machine basically navigates through the air changing altitude and direction.
Scorpion-3 is equipped with a security system with state-of-the-art flight controllers, special logic programming and passive elements with computer-aided speed and altitude limitation.
It can be piloted or controlled as a quadcopter from its own control panel remotely up to a distance of 6 km.
The maximum load of the vehicle is 150 kilograms and its battery allows a flight of approx. 30 minutes at an average speed of 70 kilometers per hour.
It can support a load of up to 300 kg of weight.
Its price will be around 70,000 euros.