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I've seen Richard Browning fly this in person — he did a demo a couple of years ago at San Diego Comic-Con. It's unreal to watch, but it's definitely something

I've seen Richard Browning fly this in person — he did a demo a couple of years ago at San Diego Comic-Con. It's unreal to watch, but it's definitely something I can see not being all that widespread: it takes a lot of training to acclimate to it. Browning's been doing a bunch of demos lately: it feels like they're trying to figure out the best use, whether that's military applications, rescue, or others. This isn't the first rescue demo, although this one looks like it's a bit more useful than the other one (which was disaster response, and which very much looked like a publicity stunt.)

SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
> I've seen Richard Browning fly this in person — he did a demo > Browning's been doing a bunch of demos lately How many other people have been trained to fly this thing? It's telling if it's no-one, that would mean that it's likely prohibitive to insure the danger.
- pen2l 6y ago
  Yeah interesting you bring that up. I remember being introduced to this Browning by this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAJM5L9hhBs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAJM5L9hhBs And you notice something interesting in the beginning... this guy is in GOOD shape. Like not just good, we're talking REALLY good, he's in the 0.1percentile, being able to do some pretty difficult callisthenic moves (go to 1:00 in the video to see him doing handstand pushups and flags, these can take years to learn for the common person). And I think it's one of the reasons he made the suit work... because I can't imagine someone NOT being that fit arriving to a working design, given the iterations it required to get everything right in the beginning. However, I think we can now arrive to a design for the common man thanks to him having iterated through these first versions.
  - me_me_me 6y ago
    it seems most trust is in arms? Correct me if i am wrong. If so this is equivalent to hanging off a bar (the forces are in opposite direction though). That is certainly not an easy to maintain for long. If one arm gets tired and you cant land you are in big trouble. Also a strong wind gust might be outright deadly.
    - pen2l 6y ago
      The jet is pushing you up... so it’s more like a dip rather than hanging off a bar. And a lot of core for stability.
- skykooler 6y ago
  I've seen a few videos of youtubers (Colin Furze, the Hacksmith) taking classes to learn to fly it; it looks like it doesn't take more than a few days to learn, but a massive amount of physical strength to fly.

SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago

> I've seen Richard Browning fly this in person — he did a demo > Browning's been doing a bunch of demos lately How many other people have been trained to fly this thing? It's telling if it's no-one, that would mean that it's likely prohibitive to insure the danger.

pen2l 6y ago
Yeah interesting you bring that up. I remember being introduced to this Browning by this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAJM5L9hhBs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAJM5L9hhBs And you notice something interesting in the beginning... this guy is in GOOD shape. Like not just good, we're talking REALLY good, he's in the 0.1percentile, being able to do some pretty difficult callisthenic moves (go to 1:00 in the video to see him doing handstand pushups and flags, these can take years to learn for the common person). And I think it's one of the reasons he made the suit work... because I can't imagine someone NOT being that fit arriving to a working design, given the iterations it required to get everything right in the beginning. However, I think we can now arrive to a design for the common man thanks to him having iterated through these first versions.
- me_me_me 6y ago
  it seems most trust is in arms? Correct me if i am wrong. If so this is equivalent to hanging off a bar (the forces are in opposite direction though). That is certainly not an easy to maintain for long. If one arm gets tired and you cant land you are in big trouble. Also a strong wind gust might be outright deadly.
  - pen2l 6y ago
    The jet is pushing you up... so it’s more like a dip rather than hanging off a bar. And a lot of core for stability.
skykooler 6y ago
I've seen a few videos of youtubers (Colin Furze, the Hacksmith) taking classes to learn to fly it; it looks like it doesn't take more than a few days to learn, but a massive amount of physical strength to fly.