Is it a bird, is it a plane?...

[boohbah]

no its jetman,
wow!

 

[BlackSparrow]

The making of the next Superhero right there!

 

[Trucidation]

Cool, but still concept prototype yes? Think I read about that guy a couple months ago, iirc there were still efficiency issues. Would be great for the commute here, there's even a nice large grassy field near my company building to land on. The only downside maybe is all those power lines nearby and the fact that tropical thunderstorms are common enough here.

Probably wouldn't be able to resist buzzing the regular morning highway traffic jams either. "Hey you down there in the Porsche, how's that working out for you? lol bye".

 

[Night Hawk]

It wouldn't help much if the intake gets clogged!(birds, bird feathers, insects, etc.) "Look... up in the sky! It's a winged torpedo... INCOMING!" Ccccccrraassshhhhhh.... "right on the roof of that Porsche!" :roflmao:

 

[boohbah]

speaking of racing against cars, check the top gear vid on his site (link below)

im not sure its a prototype, he crossed the english channel from france in 2008 and has accomplished many other flights ,

Jetman » HOME

 

[Night Hawk]

The design is a lot like a hang glider likely using kerosene as the fuel for the 4 rocket type engines on it.

Back in the late 60s someone came up with a backpack helicopter setup with a fold our prop that sprayed peroxide out of the nozzles on the tips of the blades to see the assembly spin. That lifted the person on the idea of a jet pack. Popular Science and later Omni Science magazines had articles on it and it could dropped down to someone stranded to see them fly out.

YouTube has a more recent version of it using a different fuel with a stand.

 

[kado897]

How about this one then.



and he walked away with no injuries.

 

[Joan Archer]

Saw that the other day, but not the video just the story about it and the still photo's. Got more nerve than me that's for sure.

 

[kado897]

Me too. I don't even like flying in a jumbo jet.

 

[Arc]

Jetman ! Nice

Is he anyhow related with wocket man ?

 

[Joan Archer]

Me too. I don't even like flying in a jumbo jet.

I've never flown in anything.

 

[Night Hawk]

Once you've flown on a commercial flight a few times it may seem like you are on a larger bus then you would be accustomed to with public transportation until you go through some turbulence or while manuvering for landing. Even that becomes very familiar after a few flights.

Now for something like a regular helicopter or Cessna light aircraft some could develop a phobia much faster since you see everything unlike an airliner where you only look out a port hole sized window.

On the other hand someone who skydives or flies a hang glider wouldn't be anywhere as skiddish of something on the idea of a jet pack while you on the other hand realize that you are the one flying it! There is no one else flying it but you!