I think that is neat. It might not be practical but still pretty cool; IMO.

I pity the poor cops who will have to attend the inevitable crash sites and pick up the slices

60KW? that is about what a car engine has also about 300 times what a person can output
also nasa etc has had these for years
question - what are the wheels even for?
no one would or could ride it as a bike, seems like they are just dead weight
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This could be a lot lighter. Wheels are not necessary, motor is not necessary. It could be pedaled, like a bike, simpler mechanics. Remember, pedaling blades is much easier than pedaling wheels with the friction and weight on them. 3, 12 speed gear shifts? They know what we want; almost there.

That's nothing, British inventors have already designed and built a folding bike / paraglider combo and are now marketing it on kickstarter: https://www.eta.co.uk/2013/06/17/paravelo-the-worlds-first-flying-bicycle/?utm_source=http%3a%2f%2feta.sgml1.co.uk%2fetalz%2f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13.6.17+newsletter&utm_term=Paravelo%3a+A+British+flying+bicycle+launched+today&utm_content=320

Cool! Lots of room for improvement, but good start!

@Art - This thing uses 47 Kilowatts, a fit human would be hard pressed to make 1 KW. So they won't be pedaling these things into the air, sorry.

@Warren It is inefficient, it's heavy, it's wrong minded. Flight does not require 47 kw.

Hmmm, I wonder what happens when you take it outside and the wind blows...

@Art Toegemann "Flight does not require 47 kw."
Right in absolute terms, but not in the context of this article. If your aircraft happens to weigh 1KG, hovering flight only takes about 150 W for a helicopter. More for a Quadrotor.
But in context, with a human "rider" weighing at least 45KG, and a mountain bike weighing at least 10KG (for the lightest of mountain bikes) and assuming that the rest of the flying mechanism weighs nothing at all, we're up around 8kw. That's battery mass - zero. Motors, frames, propellers, and electronics mass - zero, and a person the mass of a pro jockey (or child) and a mountain bike the mass of the most expensive carbon and titanium bikes available.
If we humans could generate 8KW, we could easily fly with almost any mechanism, and pedal bicycles up hill at 50 mph into wind!
So, please point me at documents describing any heavier-than-air aerial system which can lift off the ground under its own power, and hover (in zero wind) which has figures significantly better than ~150W/Kilo of mass lifted?
Note we're not talking about _forward_ flight. That's been done with pedals already, and it's well-known that humans can't sustain more than a few hundred watts continuously, but that's enough to take off and fly in ground effect.