Among the latest ideas for roadable aircraft is Sam Bousfield's Skybike, a three-wheeled two-seat motorcycle that will convert itself, with the simple pull of a lever, into an airplane. Beyond its slippery bullet-shaped design, the most eye-catching piece of engineering on the vehicle will be its patent-pending telescoping wing, which retracts the lifting surfaces into the fuselage aft of the cockpit. The stress-bearing fuselage will be made from carbon fiber and will house the derated 120-hp motorcycle engine (options being from Yamaha and Suzuki) neatly packed behind the cockpit.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/air-shows-events/skybike-under-development