He uses many types of materials and equipment from around the world to create this hoverboard prototype.Ī second prototype has been made, has been flight tested extensively and then flown at events around the world. While many of the details of his work is based on secrecy (his website lists no specifications, no information about his prototypes and no history of the work he's done creating the hoverboards), the self-made inventor has had a few reporters interview him, take pictures of this workshop, hoverboard and have reported on his progress with articles and videos. However, these problems were eventually solved and then a second prototype was made. There were also problems with the first prototype catching on fire. Also, from pictures alone, we estimate the Prototype 1 hoverboard to be in the area of 2.5 meters wide (about 8 feet wide).Īccording to one early flight test of Prototype 1, there was difficultly getting the hoverboard to lift off the ground. From video alone, it looks like the batteries are in a back pack worn by Duru.
The pilot's feet are strapped in using snow boarding straps which are fixed at each end of the main structural tube. For a grand total of eight electric motors and eight propellers. At the end of each boom holds an upward facing electric motor and propeller. Prototype 1's main frame is made out of one main structural tube and at each end of this tube are four booms, for a grand total of eight booms.
He's had an interest in electronics from a young age and by trade is a software engineer. His compnaHis interest in making a personal hoverboard began when he realized the technology from small drones would allow him increase the size of the drone to allow for human flight. Based in Montreal, Canada, inventor Alexandru Duru founded Omni Hoverboards in 2015 and Duru has been working on his flying electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) hoverboard since 2010.