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Whenever I watch this video and the other jetman videos I can't help but try to find anomalies or something wrong in the video to somehow try and prove that it

Whenever I watch this video and the other jetman videos I can't help but try to find anomalies or something wrong in the video to somehow try and prove that it is CGI (which I know it's not).

quacked 6y ago
Same. I studied aerospace engineering and know that small-scale jetpack flight is possible to do, and yet I cannot help but scan for weird lighting changes or lens incongruities whenever I see a video. It's so insane to see these things.
- yellow_mixer 6y ago
  How does this not burn his legs off?
  - obmelvin 6y ago
    Would love if someone could answer this or knows of a video that explains jetpacks well
  - joejerryronnie 6y ago
    His titanium legs are the real story here
  - madaxe_again 6y ago
    Bypass ratio and entrainment. Most of the air coming through is cool, so the overall air is merely hot, rather than “melts your legs”.
amelius 6y ago
From another viewpoint: people fly turbine-powered model aircraft all the time. Why wouldn't you believe it?
- umvi 6y ago
  Well for one, where is the fuel? Seems like it would take a tremendous amount of fuel and there are no visible fuel tanks on the jetpack.
  - foxdev 6y ago
    It's probably in the wing/back thing.
  - deleted 6y ago
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  - outworlder 6y ago
    That depends on how long you want to fly for.
  - Cthulhu_ 6y ago
    Inside the wing is logical, it's pretty thick and planes have it there as well.
  - vladTheInhaler 6y ago
    They only have a flight time of about two minutes. It appears longer because they stitch together clips strategically. Edit: It appears that I confused Vince Reffet with another "jetpack guy" - Richard Browning. The number was for Browning's device. But although you could get more airtime by adding wings, the overall point still stands - the flights are relatively short.
  - gowld 6y ago
    They glide for most of the flight.
- taneq 6y ago
  Those turbine-powered models aren't carrying 100+ kg of payload?
  - trhway 6y ago

Whenever I watch this video and the other jetman videos I can't help but try to find anomalies or something wrong in the video to somehow try and prove that it is CGI (which I know it's not).

quacked 6y ago

Same. I studied aerospace engineering and know that small-scale jetpack flight is possible to do, and yet I cannot help but scan for weird lighting changes or lens incongruities whenever I see a video. It's so insane to see these things.

yellow_mixer 6y ago
How does this not burn his legs off?
- obmelvin 6y ago
  Would love if someone could answer this or knows of a video that explains jetpacks well
- joejerryronnie 6y ago
  His titanium legs are the real story here
- madaxe_again 6y ago
  Bypass ratio and entrainment. Most of the air coming through is cool, so the overall air is merely hot, rather than “melts your legs”.

amelius 6y ago

From another viewpoint: people fly turbine-powered model aircraft all the time. Why wouldn't you believe it?

umvi 6y ago
Well for one, where is the fuel? Seems like it would take a tremendous amount of fuel and there are no visible fuel tanks on the jetpack.
- foxdev 6y ago
  It's probably in the wing/back thing.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- outworlder 6y ago
  That depends on how long you want to fly for.
- Cthulhu_ 6y ago
  Inside the wing is logical, it's pretty thick and planes have it there as well.
- vladTheInhaler 6y ago
  They only have a flight time of about two minutes. It appears longer because they stitch together clips strategically. Edit: It appears that I confused Vince Reffet with another "jetpack guy" - Richard Browning. The number was for Browning's device. But although you could get more airtime by adding wings, the overall point still stands - the flights are relatively short.
- gowld 6y ago
  They glide for most of the flight.
taneq 6y ago
Those turbine-powered models aren't carrying 100+ kg of payload?
- trhway 6y ago