Bionicle MOC: The Ampera Helios

About the MOC
The Ampera logo belongs to Raps555 which helped influence the name once this MOC was built. It started when I saw Billy Adam's MOC that utilizes the cover of a Toa Mahri Canister on Flickr and thought "Hey I have one of those." Billy's MOC was all the spark I needed.  I promptly went to my MOC room's closet got out both of the garbage bags that held the containers for all my Bionicle/HF sets and fortunately for me, I found it in the first bag.
The other major influence into this MOC was "May the 4th" and more specifically, me remember that I absolutely loved the XJ-6 Airspeeder from Star Wars Episode 2:Attack Of the Clones. This speeder was a huge influence on me, I based much of the designs off of this thinking that while it's not the same speeder, its similar.
Keeping the speeder in mind, the other concept I put behind this MOC to give it more defined parameters when building it was that it is what would be considered a "luxury sports coup of the future." This is what lead to trying to give the Helios a rather luxurious interior.
The last element to come into play when shaping this MOC was functionality. Early on I found myself lacking room to implement any real functions, so I decided to omit my usual Heavy inclusion of functions and decided to focus on the aesthetic element instead. However, the seats still are adjustable. Though as cramped as the interior are for Volvexa and Vaan, the adjustable seats aren't much use since they're all the way back. This feature was mostly so I could live with myself. After three vehicle MOCs laden with functions, I couldn't not have any functional features to speak of on another one. Everything after these parameters was all about execution and it came as results of working with the parts.

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Bio

• The Matoran
  The two Matoran's Names are Vaan-the Pilot, and Volvexa-the passenger.  Vaan is your typical hotshot pilot. He enjoys flying and going fast, as any Le-matoran does.  While Volvexa is your typical arm candy girlfriend, she enjoys being treated to a nice night out on the town and riding along while her boyfriend drives fast through the skies.
  
  
• Setting
  In the distant future, long after many wars over resources have been fought amongst the inhabitants of Spherus Magna, civilization everywhere live mostly peaceful prosperous lives, technology is abundant and is the foundation of society. In this society, most civilian own flying craft mass produced by Manufacturers who sell their craft to the civilians. Due to the varied nature of the planets populace, vehicles are made to suit all types, Matoran and Agori, Toa and Glatorian, and even some of the larger members of the populace, though these creatures and subsequent vehicles are much rarer. This particular craft is designed for the smaller creatures of the world, Matora, Turaga and Agori.
  
  
• The Ampera company.
  Ampera is an Automaker that specializes in new innovative technologies for their vehicles. Many of their concepts and designs become industry standards and they are a company at the forefront of of the race to find new more efficient technologies and designs for vehicles and equipment of many types, not just Air craft or vehicles.
  
  
• The Helios.
  The Ampera Helios is a Small-build open cockpit make that emphasizes speed, maneuverability and luxury features. While not Ampera's most expensive or prestigious model, it is one of their signature Models and a best seller. It features ion field propulsion controlling with high capacity inertial dampener capacitor air-suspension, all powered by a sextet zamour core engine.
  Luxury features include: surround sound stereo for high quality listening with "N-tune" software included so that your listening experience always sounds right at any speed or altitude, plush leather interior for a comfortable drive, and intuitive controls that makes mastering the skies a breez.