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Volonaut Airbike (Original Post)
Emile
Dec 2025
OP
You could probably lob a can of beets into the jet's fan blade to disable it.
LudwigPastorius
Dec 2025
#10
2naSalit
(102,800 posts)1. That's going to be...
Weaponized in no time. Flying ICE monkeys with ammo, just wait for it, won't be long.
2naSalit
(102,800 posts)3. I'm already...
Thinking out which projectiles would bring one down quickest and easiest.
rampartd
(4,632 posts)4. use like a 12 ga with #6 shot
"is the air bike ok?"
2naSalit
(102,800 posts)5. I'm thinking...
50 caliber rifle would make a flashy boom like fireworks. I don't want the machine to survive. Fuck that shit, it's just another tool for terrorizing us.
LudwigPastorius
(14,725 posts)10. You could probably lob a can of beets into the jet's fan blade to disable it.
Emile
(42,289 posts)6. Only $880,000.00
zanana1
(6,488 posts)7. I think it looks AI.
Emile
(42,289 posts)8. But, it's not. It is real.
LudwigPastorius
(14,725 posts)9. Wildly impractical, and probably extremely dangerous...
I'll take two, please.
Seriously though, we don't have to worry about this thing. It will only fly for 10 minutes at a time, and you can't exactly sneak up on somebody when you're on one.