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Jetpack Inventor Answers the Hard Questions (and One Fun One)

There's more than a little skepticism surrounding the new Martin Jetpack. Promising a new era of ultralight flight, many of the claims (altitude capabilities and safety, especially) sound too good to be true. Before we took our test flight, we asked Glenn Martin, inventor, some of the tougher questions that we hadn't seen asked anywhere else. Being a good sport, he actually answered them: More »

3:45 PM on Tue Aug 5 2008
By Mark Wilson
20,726 views, 37 comments

Latest by takoattack: how about adding text of his responses for those of us not blessed with cubicle speakers more »

jetpack video

Hands On: Jetpack!

“Don’t cover your ears, this is what you paid to see!” Glenn Martin shouts to me over the apocalyptic roar of an F22 fighter jet performing a leisurely flyby. He’d abruptly broken off a conversation with someone else just to make this point—before we’d even been introduced and hours before I flew his pack. “That’s 3.15 billion of your tax dollars at work!” More »

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11:30 AM on Tue Aug 5 2008
By Mark Wilson
16,845 views, 79 comments

jetpack flight

How it Feels to Fly a Jetpack

I flip the ignition switch and 250 pounds of engines, turbines and gasoline roar hello. In terms of horsepower, I was carrying a small sports car on my back. I’d like to say that I grin confidently and give the cameras a wink, like some young Chuck Yeager or Evel Knievel, but the smile leaves my face. More »

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12:30 PM on Mon Aug 4 2008
By Mark Wilson
33,618 views, 108 comments

all giz wants: compact flying solutions

All Giz Wants: A Jetpack That Costs $200

We don't ask for much here at Gizmodo, but what we really, really want is a jetpack that costs $200. Sure, we have brought you the deal with jetpacks before, but we want something that lasts longer than two minutes, (so do our girlfriends). Also, we would not mind a Jetsons-type transportation mode that costs less than $200,000; to be exact, a $200 price point would be ideal. So, what would we do with our stratosphere explorers? More »

9:00 PM on Tue Dec 25 2007
By Haroon Malik
4,158 views, 25 comments

jetpacks for all

Jetpack with a 10 Mile Range Available Soon for $226,000


Jetpacks, the invention we've all been waiting to become a reality for as long as we can remember (along with flying cars and teleporters), are pretty much a reality at this point. While a few months ago the only two commercially available jetpacks had paltry flying times of about 30 seconds, Jet Pack International is releasing a new model early next year that'll let potential pilots take to the skies for a generous 19 minutes. More »

5:00 PM on Wed Dec 12 2007
By Adam Frucci
21,674 views, 64 comments

patents

JetPack Uses Water, Not Fire, To Kill You In a JetPacking Accident

Instead of using flames and jet propulsion, as jetpacks are known to do, Raymond Li's invention uses water to fling you up into the air. His patent hasn't (as far as we know) been constructed yet. But it looks dangerous. More »

12:40 PM on Tue Aug 28 2007
By Jason Chen
3,133 views, 22 comments

Here's a video of last weekends Rocketbelt convention in Niagara Falls, amazingly no one blew up.[Google Video]

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Jetpack Convention

Phil Torrone, the Maker of Makers reports on a gathering of jetpack aficionados, which can only be called a wet dream sort of Chuck Yeager and Jetson geeks everywhere. There were several working rocket belts in attendance, and I can say with no reservation that I would gladly cut off a pinky toe for the chance to jet-trip the light fantastic, powered by hydrogen peroxide, and child-like shrieking. Photo by William S Higgins, who braved the trip to the upstate NY boonies to take them. –Brian Lam More »

1:29 PM on Fri Sep 29 2006
By Brian Lam
4,821 views, 9 comments

Latest by NoHitHair: nzruss: All I could picture was Stewie on stage delivering a dramatic rendition of "Rocket Man" in a tuxedo smoking a cigarette. Damn Family Guy. more »

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Gryphon Single-Man Flying Wing

At first we thought this was a joke—didn't Batman have a pair of wings like this? But no, this Gryphon Single-Man Flying Wing is a parachute system whose 4.9-foot Delta wing has two jet engines on board that can carry a paratrooper 110 miles on a half gallon of jet fuel. The device will be tested in an third quarter of next year, but we'd hate to be the first guy to try it. He'll have to be pretty hefty, too, because the thing weighs 66 pounds. More »

9:35 AM on Thu Jun 1 2006
By Charlie White
11,024 views, 22 comments

Latest by smithr: 12107 hwy 33 picton ontario u think that piece of shit can actually fly you should come see mine ask for dan more »