Hover Boards - Landing Gear Retraction

One technique to solve the problem of hoverboardThen if the landing were to be very hard or a rolling
wheels is to make extremely light weight wheels forlanding (airplane runway type rather than helicopter
rolling or very hard landings. One great thing aboutstyle) then the rider could tap the push button
hover boards is that they use the "ground effect"control to extend the landing gear and yes this would
and reduce the strain on ankles on landing, yetrequire lots of practice by the rider to become
skateboarding is currently about gaining momentumproficient.
and then thrusting into the air, which means ridersEngineers are now designing the skateboards of the
must adapt to new techniques or designers of hoverFuture and are thinking here along with the Online
boards must pony up to the reality if they expectThink Tank. One interesting dilemma for these
early adoption from mass market exploits.designers currently is should these
One great thing going about Hoverboards is thatskateboards-hoverboards have wheels at all.
they fly and flying goes very deep in the desires ofThis is something that will ultimately be a compromise
mankind. How would the landing gear be activated?by designers and engineers and the desires of the
One thought is to have a set of tap push buttonriders purchasing the hover board technologies in the
controls on the hoverboard for acceleration of hovermarket place. Performance is on everyone's mind and
motors and another to put up the landing gear,so the mutual goals appear to be inline with each
making the skateboard into a full-hoverboard. Threeother.
in the green and away they go hover board style?