Can We Make a Battery Powered Hoverboard to Out Perform the Modern Tricked Out Skateboard?
The search to build the first hoverboard that will operate much like the one in the Hollywood Movie – “Back to the Future” is an on-going dream of many technology buffs. The race is on to come up with the concept and technology to produce a real life version. Recently, at the Online Think Tank, a young up and coming superstar, Christopher Freeman (16) from Indiana ponders the question: What about a Battery Powered Hoverboard? Well, we know that batteries weigh a lot, but using a “hovercraft” type strategy, the weight is not a big issue, as long as you can trap the air and hold onto it. Hovering on a flat surface helps, but you cannot do many tricks or you lose your air underneath. There might be a way to solve that problem with an expandable skirt and some ground affect soft landings. Perhaps, you could use a battery system, the lighter the better. But, also realize that the electric motor scooters are some 400 lbs and only able to do what an 80cc motor can do. Now then, it does not ta
