Plumber Turned Mad Scientist Builds Gas-Powered Hoverbike in His Home

The future has arrived... Well, at least for British inventor Colin Furze.

Proving that an engineering background is not a requirement for creating futuristic inventions, Furze, famous for his crazy inventions such as automated wolverine claws and wrist-worn flame throwers built a "hoverbike" in his backyard.

"By strapping a couple of two-stroke parajet motors and propellors to a metal frame, Colin Furze has built a DIY hoverbike that may not give Franky Zapata any sleepless nights, but looks like a sketchy alternative to creations like the Malloy Hoverbike or Aero-X," Gizmag reported.

The report also added that instead of propellors that turn the same direction, Furze switched to an S-shaped metal frame that allowed each propellor to rotate in opposite directions. While it can really fly above the ground, riding it is risky as it does not streer in a straight line.

Mashable noted that Furze built the hoverbike with some parts supplied by Ford.

The website also added that the project's been going on over the past three months but it took Furze four or five weeks to build the prototype plus another four flying sessions to really get the hang of flying it.

"It's all on getting the engines running the same speed and how you position yourself," Furze told Mashable in an interview.

Furze documented the whole process and uploaded it on his Youtube channel which has more than 2.5 million followers.

In 2015, Alexandru Duru of Canada invented a hoverboard, setting a Guinness World Record for longest and furthest hover board flight -- 275.9 meters while flying more than 5 meters before the hoverboard ran out of batteries.

Unlike Furze, the 32-year-old inventor is an engineer who owns a company, Omni Hoverboards.

"The Omni Hoverboard features eight propellers and a frame made from carbon fibre. The motors controlling the propellers are powered by 12 lithium polymer batteries, which generate around 40 horsepower, but sadly, this currently generates a combined flying time of only 1.5 minutes," reported IbTimes.