Do we know how fast he goes?

the first thing I would do if I were flying in that thing would be to fart... then I could say I've farted at 10,000ft above sea level

...but thats just me

Great idea, let's fart (for those of you who don't know, fart is methane, which is a flammable gas) exactly where the jets exhaustion is, I guess it might be fun, who knows, maybe you'll get a boost.

I remember reading somewhere that he uses microturbines for power.

Yeah, looking at some other pics, he definitely has 4 microturbines in his wings.

This will be news-worthy once he can get ground-to-air takeoffs down. Right now, he's limited to jumping out of planes.

It's definitely cool, but not earth-shattering.

@xxGenericSNxx: Hey, good question! From what is available on the website there was a flight recorded at 100 knots, for 4 minutes. However, there's no official record that we can pinpoint. If anyone can give us a heads-up, drop what you know here. Cheers.

@maheidem: Well, isn't than roughly how an afterburner works?

Albeit, differnt fuel, and different method of fuel injection.

Those definitely look like Jetcat mini-turbines mounted to the wing.
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Here's a thought:

Who wants to bet we see some sort of semi-consumer product based on this idea/technology become easily available before we see any actual flying-cars delievered by Moller ?

Sure, Moller's got a 35-40 year headstart, his product is more "practical" than "adventure"-oriented, and this flying man hasn't expressed any interest in selling sets of wings to the rest of us...but, still, I think it's a fair bet.

Does anyone know what the landing looks like? Does he have a chute? Honestly, I'd like to see a sweet landing even more than his buzzing through open air.

man shows some serious sak with those flights.

Parachute.
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Bet he'd be a "hit" at the pylon races.

I think... he's Batman...

Flying fast is easy. What he is trying to figure out now is how to fly slow enough so he can land without a chute. I saw another guy on Stunt Junkies who strapped two of those turbines directly to his ankles.

Oh big deal, Iron Man flies around all the time, and he doesn't need wings! Now he just needs a mini gatling gun strapped to his chest.

You can read a web address on the leading edge of one of his wings, it leads to this site [www.jetcat.de] not in english, but there are some pictures of the turbines he must be using.

I'd rather have a one-seater SmartFish.

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But can he glide with the turbines turned off? I think I remembered seeing something like this in a Future Weapons like show in Discovery Channel. I'm sure DoD is all over this concept.

Crazy cool.

I dont think the DoD will be all over this...

its probably niosy as hell, NOT disposable, and not very fuel efficient.

Wth is the gov going to do with hundrteds of flying soldiers who cant take off or land? lol. Not to mention they will be leaving the little things all over the battlefield.

Unless...you rigged them with a small thermonuclear self destruct....that way no technology would ever fall into the wrong hands!!!

@bmg50barrett:

Special Forces uses all kinds of fancy gadgets. I could see them using this to jump off at high altittude from within the borders of a friendly nation then using jet power to get them closer to their target then turning power off at a certain altitude then gliding to target. Hence my question above of whether one can glide with this thing as well if the jets were turned off. As far as disposing of it, I'm sure that's the last thing on their minds right now. They have all kinds of ways of disposing of stuff they no longer need or want.

I think its likely that this guy will show up in the first 10 minutes of a future Bond movie... too cool.

@Haroon_Malik: Wow, those shots that give you a perspective on how high he is flying are incredible. The one shot of his cruising next to a small plane which gives you the impression that he is traveling at a good clip. I would assume that is true since he does get so high and the flight is so brief. I wonder if the landing part is done without power? I would hope it is capable of landing without jet power if only for safety sake.

Not as cool as the Legion of Super Heroes' flight rings!

Awesome! It's Icarus with an attitude!

Great idea - flying like a bird... with jet in your *** ... on your back. Anyway - looks cool. Put some video (i saw it somewhere already). As i remember it goes 300-400 kmph, and fuel lasts for 15 minutes.

Wile E. Coyote.. super genius...

Wonder would this be available from the Acme catalog.