Lexus finally completes the hover board and exposes the demonstration run & development movie

Toyota's luxury brand, Lexus (Lexus)Announced that suddenly developed a hover boardAlthough it was made public in a movie, as announced, it is open to the public on August 5, 2015. It is clear that Lexus has introduced extraordinary time, money and technology into the development of hover boards.

Amazing in Motion | Slide | Lexus International
http://www.lexus-int.com/jp/amazinginmotion/slide/

The way the Lexus hover board actually travels (flying) the special course can be confirmed in the following movie.

The Lexus Hoverboard: It's here - YouTube


"Lexus hover board developed under the concept advocated by Mr. Haruhiko Tanahashi of Lexus chief engineer" There is no impossible, how to solve ".


Finally the day the whole picture is released.


The hover board is indeed floating.


A man who jumps on the hover board never.


When the hover board floats in the air and starts to advance ......


Falls by breaking the balance.


A hover board without friction and resistance is a completely different vehicle from the scaled board etc. It seems that "getting used" is necessary to get on.


Metallic side to the top of the tree. It is a design that sticks to details. The smoke coming from the side is water droplets cooled with liquid nitrogen.


Mr. Ross McGran's professional skateboarder's try.


With the descent of the slope ... ...


Failure. Even proscade border participating as a test ladder from the development stage of hover board seems not easy to navigate.


Mr. McGran's abandoned hover board is running through the water as it is.


Try again.


Hover board that floats on the water surface.


A wave of splashing is occurring in the passing part.


The surrounding eyes who are also seeing the try are also serious.


McGrang looking at the special park from above the table.


I also watch drones from the air.


Never tried to start.


Drone also tracks.


Looking from the front like this.


The hover board surely floats.


Pass the course edge rarely.


Here, suddenly in the parkLexus GS FThere is an invasion.


Hover board passes over GS F by jumping.



Fall over and overturn.


Mr. McGran's expression is full of appearance.


The following movie shows how the Lexus hover board has evolved.

The Lexus Hoverboard: Evolution - YouTube


Start from the sketch of the masculine board in the air.


It was embodied in such a feeling. Development started in Texas, USA.


The size of the main body below the board becomes smaller ... ....


A prototype 1 design was born.


Blew up on the rail.


Prototype 2 is designed like two stacked boards.



And the final type is like this.


Waste was scrapped and the detail was beautifully finished.


In the project "SLIDE" that concluded technology, design, engineering, creativity, you can see how the hover board was designed in the following movie.

The Lexus Hoverboard: Motivation - YouTube


And the following movie recorded how the hover board was developed from the first day of development.

The Lexus Hoverboard: The Story - YouTube


How was this hover board with futuristic and beautiful design developed?


Development first day. Development started from the experiment of floating the object.


An electromagnet at the bottom and an electromagnetic coil under the rail are spread, and a high temperature superconductor (HTSL) unit is floated on it.


Day 15. Board mounted on HTSL unit.


However, in a state with the board attached, struggling to stably float.


At the 30th day from the start, we finally succeeded in floating the HTSL unit with the board, which is the first issue.


HTSL should be cooled with liquid nitrogen at minus 197 degrees.


To make the HTSL unit more compact, trial and error will continue.


HTSL unit evolved to a more compact shape on the 48th day.


Load test from the 55th day.


Repeat the experiment while stacking a small ballast.


Of course the final goal is to support the load of human beings.


It cleared on the 65th day.


The board shape design began from the 74th day.


Day 149. What a magnet test course is born. The test course was set up in Dresden, Germany


We asked Mr. Dimmer Berger of Germany to study magnetic levitation for cooperation.


When applying liquid nitrogen to HTSL ......


It moves on the rail while floating.


The HTSL unit passes through the magnetic field generated by the electromagnetic coil placed on the permanent magnet.


A superconductor that can withstand loads up to 90 kg.


On the 180th day, improvement of the board began using the test course.


Initially it starts from one HTSL unit.


Then changed to using two HTSL units in front and behind.


Evolution to a thinner shape.


The center of gravity has fallen, stability has also improved.


Day 226. At last we came to where the human ride.


Nonetheless, it seems to be very difficult to drive, many things to break down and overturn.


Here, Mr. Ross McGran of Proscade border joins.


We will continue running tests on a hover board prototype.


Try also to jump.


This is a storm of applause from developers.


After that, test runs were accumulated to seek improvements in maneuverability.


On the 285 th day adjustment of the shape of the jump table.


Day 291. The final design of the hover board is decided.


Lexus' logo on a tree panel.


The hover board top surface is the Lexus iconSpindle grillTo the design that reproduced.


The design by hand of the craftsman was required beauty to the detail.


The final test site is Barcelona, ​​Spain. Design of special course "Hover Park" started.


It is 334 days, which is about a year from the start of development. Finally the construction of the hover park started in Barcelona.


McGran Is Mr. Test Running (Flying) on ​​Bare Rails.


It seems to be difficult to balance.


McGran Is a person who swings his head with the hover board in hand. It is still far from the ideal ride.


Rails are laid on such a slope.


One year has passed since 373 days. The rail of the hover park was covered.


McGran Is Mr. Testing Running a Ultrathin Covered Course.


Hover park completed on 394th day.


And on day 403.


The making of the making movie was done.


Lexus hover board, a mechanism that floats the high temperature superconductor in the form of a permanent magnet,Back to the future PART 2Unlike the hover board that appeared in the "only rail like shape embedded in the ground can run. But with limitations, I am surprised by the technical power and passion of Lexus who completed the hover board in 2015 the same as Back to the Future PART 2.

In addition, there is no plan to market Lexus hover board. It takes a lot of time and expense to develop a product that is not planned to be sold, and it is a hat off to Lexus which finally arrived at completion.

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In addition, The Verge experiences Lexus hover board. We are publishing a review movie that understands the difficulty of maneuvering.

Riding the Lexus hoverboard in Spain - YouTube