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Looks like a nice competition: Jetpack Aviation JB-9/JB-10 (from this article): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3AwBSwFV2I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3A
by claar 10y ago
Looks like a nice competition:
Jetpack Aviation JB-9/JB-10 (from this article): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3AwBSwFV2I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3AwBSwFV2I
* Specs from http://jetpackaviation.com/ http://jetpackaviation.com/:
- Up to 10,000+ feet
- Top speed > 100mph (>160kph)
- Max flight time: 10+ minutes
Flyboard Air: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEDrMriKsFM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEDrMriKsFM
* Specs from http://zapata-racing.com/flyboardair-en http://zapata-racing.com/flyboardair-en:
- Up to 10,000 feet
- Top speed of 93.2 mph (150 km/h)
- Max flight time: 10 minutes
- jessriedel 10y agoI suppose 10 minutes is for hovering rather than 100 mph. I wonder what the range is then? In principle you could add a lot of range by attaching wings, but maybe it's not worth the weight.
- justinator 10y agoI kinda wonder why not Jet Pack your way to altitude, then deploy the parachute that'll then allow you to glide to a farther off destination?
- jessriedel 10y agoYou have to re-pack the chute, which either requires an advanced certification or the expense of paying someone to do it for you. Either way, a lot less convenient than fueling up your tank.
- justinator 10y agoWell, that's the other thing: this is a one-way trip, unless I can get jet-pack fuel, just anywhere I decide to land. How much fuel does the landing song and dance take? Seems like it's a lotta hovering just right. And wait a minute: packing a chute requires advanced certification, but we'll let just anyone go around with the jet pack? :) And who's gonna go jet packing without a safety system, like a parachute anyways? That thing cuts out, there's no, "Guess we'll glide this to the ground" failure mode.
- monk_e_boy 10y agoAbout six meters into a human sized crater if I were using one.
- cfontes 10y agoFlyBoard looks amazing... Thanks for sharing it
- Animats 10y agoThe Flyboard Air is an extreme sports device. It's really cool, but very hard to fly. It's from the people with the water-jet Flyboard. Here's someone really good on that.[1] The Flyboard Air people insist that people get good on the water-jet version before even trying the jet-powered one. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JhUSu8v2N4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JhUSu8v2N4
- 6stringmerc 10y agoAgreed, I think he was quoted as saying that anybody who'd want to try the Flyboard Air would need 10,000 hours or so on the water version. A lot of time.
- Nanite 10y agoHard to fly for a human for sure, but I would guess it could be augmented with some avionics to reduce the skill needed.
- codezero 10y agoThat's amazing to watch.