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Sounds awesome, but I wonder about reliability and the consequences of engine failure. You can land airplanes and helicopters without power, but if that two-str
by lutorm 15y ago
Sounds awesome, but I wonder about reliability and the consequences of engine failure. You can land airplanes and helicopters without power, but if that two-stroker kicks it in air I fail to see how there'll be anything but a big splat. And two-strokes aren't exactly known for being the most reliable either...
- modernerd 15y agoIt has a parachute should the engine fail. See http://martinjetpack.com/safety-features.aspx http://martinjetpack.com/safety-features.aspx
- lutorm 15y agoOk, that makes sense. You'd figure for $100k they'd throw that in! ;-)
- drenei 15y agoYou can see a prototype parachute in action in a test the company filmed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHPedpE70Es http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHPedpE70Es.