Inventor breaks hoverboard record after standing on drone

folarin okunola

May 27, 2015 10:30 AM

The inventor reportedly achieved the feat using a propeller-based, drone-like prototype machine.

Duru, with his record breaking hoverboard modeled from a drone

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.

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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