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ORIGINAL: Gregg The thing has very limited endurance, something like 10 to 12 minutes at best, and a 10 something mile maximum range. He has to refuel just to make the 22 mile trip across the Channel. It also has a limited lift capacity, so what you saw was about it as far as load out goes. Also, it is a bit on the noisy side, so much for sneaking up on someone flying one of those things. For that to be practical, they would have to "swarm" a position with many of those hoverboards, to be effective. Swarming is exactly what I see happening. And as someone mentioned, the tech will get better - longer ranged and with more lifting capacity. Just build a motorNOTcycle like machine for the operator and attach weapons to it.
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