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This is apparently thousands of feet above the ground, so no, can't be this.
by ccmcarey 6y ago
This is apparently thousands of feet above the ground, so no, can't be this.
- nobodyandproud 6y agoWhy not? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyboard_Air https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyboard_Air They claim up to 9800 feet in altitude, so it seems very likely if anything.
- pbuzbee 6y agoWouldn't a cable that's thousands of feet long be prohibitively heavy?
- nobodyandproud 6y agoIt’s a jet turbine, so I assume the cable is just to lead and control. A thousand foot of very strong fishing wire https://www.amazon.com/Sufix-Performance-Braid-300-Spool/dp/B001NXC2MM https://www.amazon.com/Sufix-Performance-Braid-300-Spool/dp/... is a mere 0.15 lbs, if Amazon’s description is to be believed. So as a guide wire even with multiple strands (for redundancy) I think 3000 feet is very achievable.
- blincoln 6y agoDoes Zapata's turbine flyboard use a line to the surface? I haven't seen one in videos. The more common flyboards that pump water from the ocean or a lake up into the jets and then back down obviously do.
- nobodyandproud 6y agoNo idea as this is the first time I even heard of this. But a gas turbine (a jet engine, basically) is efficient, kerosene is very energetic, and for a hoverboard I imagine the hot & compressed exhaust itself is what’s mechanically useful. There’s no reason to have a line other than as a tether, though that comes with its own risks.
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