Reports have revealed that a Canadian inventor has set a new Guinness World Record for the farthest hoverboard flight, thanks to a homemade contraption that looks nothing like something you would expect.
Inventor breaks hoverboard record after standing on drone
The inventor reportedly achieved the feat using a propeller-based, drone-like prototype machine.
Duru, with his record breaking hoverboard modeled from a drone
According to sources, the engineer, Catalin Alexandre Duru, broke the record this week on Lake Ouareau, Quebec, after riding his hoverboard for a distance of 905 feet and 2 inches — more than five times longer than the previous record.
The inventor reportedly achieved the feat using a propeller-based, drone-like prototype machine that lifted him to a height of about 15 feet above the lake's surface.
On the accomplishment, Duru said he undertook the challenge "to showcase that a stable flight can be achieved on a hoverboard and a human could stand and control with their feet."
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