Return of the Jedi is probably my favorite Star Wars movie – Rancor pit ✅, Ewoks ✅, and…Speeder Bikes✅✅. Man did I want a Speeder Bike.
James Bruton gets pretty close with this project. The movement comes from a hoverboard. Using omni-directional wheels, it doesn’t actually fly but it does have the correct movement.
Like all Speeder Bike trips, this one ends a crash.
I built a Star Wars Speeder Bike with omni-directional wheels powered by electric jet engines. I also have a plan for another version of the Star Wars Speeder Bike. Last time, I took the guts from a hoverboard and used them to make a balancing bike. Each original hoverboard wheel is mounted on the bike and drives the bike wheels with a drive belt. This makes the resulting velocity the same as it would have been when the hoverboard wheels were touching the ground. So now the balancing electronics still work as designed since the output velocity of the vehicle is the same.
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