By By Marcus Hondro Jun 16, 2013 in Technology Three Czech companies debuted their work-in-progress Flying Bike, or 'F-Bike' last week. The bike can now only stay up in the air for a short period but it's designed to be both ridden and flown. The test flight was around a large warehouse in Prague. But, with the media present, they had a dummy driver in the seat and controlled the 'F-Bike' by remote control. It rose up and rode about the warehouse, about 10 feet up in the air, for 5 minutes. It looked impressive, and fun. It is powered by six horizontal rotors that draw 47 kilowatts of power from on-board batteries. The bike is 85kg. (187 lb.) and can only take another 85 kg. before it reaches its maximum take-off weight. The companies say they are continuing research on the flying bike and next demonstration they hope to have a human at the wheel. The Duratec, Technodat and Evektor companies , who are getting support from France's Dassault Systemes, weren't ready to debut the bike with a human on the bicycle seat, which suggests some trepidation about it functioning fully.But, with the media present, they had a dummy driver in the seat and controlled the 'F-Bike' by remote control. It rose up and rode about the warehouse, about 10 feet up in the air, for 5 minutes. It looked impressive, and fun.It is powered by six horizontal rotors that draw 47 kilowatts of power from on-board batteries. The bike is 85kg. (187 lb.) and can only take another 85 kg. before it reaches its maximum take-off weight.The companies say they are continuing research on the flying bike and next demonstration they hope to have a human at the wheel. More about flying bike, the 'f' bike, a bicycle that flies More news from Show all 8 flying bike the f bike a bicycle that flies