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Slightly disappointed he landed with a parachute, but still a marvel of human ingenuity. How do those turbines compare to something like this? http://www.jetca

by eof 16y ago

Slightly disappointed he landed with a parachute, but still a marvel of human ingenuity. How do those turbines compare to something like this? http://www.jetcatusa.com/p200.html http://www.jetcatusa.com/p200.html Is it really just a matter of having 30k and the balls to pull something like this off? edit: It is those turbines exactly, it looks like.

qq66 16y ago
It's nothing to do with having the 30k, it's about having the engineering chops to design this, the cold stones to put it on, and the lifetime of experience needed to know how to handle the dynamics of a dangerous vehicle that's never existed before. Hell, if I had those 3 qualities (I don't even have one), I would drop the 30k without a question. Jetman also helps rationalize government funding for things like space, Moon, and Mars exploration. I know that I will never have the constitution to strap on a jetpack like Jetman. But I'm able to vicariously experience a (vanishingly) small fraction of the thrill just by watching him do so, just like I'm able to experience a small fraction of the joy of walking on the Moon by watching the Apollo astronauts.