"... ended in failure."
Rosa, Rosa, Rosa... you don't "get" men all the way yet? This guy crashed, sure - but he was *flying a JET PACK* at the time! That totally makes this an amazingly successful test flight ;-) Just like those first few SpaceX "test flights".
Anytime a guy is, however briefly, flying through the air in a home-made rocket or jet-pack, he's living the dream *grin*
I agree, really just RC Jet engines with a wing big enough to lift him. I suppose the end game is a wing with 747 engines on it so he can fly across a continent.
@Serolf Divad: how else are you supposed to control the flight? By bending your back? Not to mention the amount of fuel you could
save by not having to thrust just to stay in the air.
@crackel:
Well think of how much fuel he could save by going up in a lawnchair fitted with 10000 helium baloons... doesn't make it any more a jetpack, though.
@Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle: yeah. The credits on the post should say "JetLev via Engadget via Gizmodo" since Engadget only got around to posting it today, which I'm sure why it's here at Gizmodo today too.
@Mike Camilleri: Now you just need to get over the fact that you need something to power the pump to get the water and pressurize it, and THAT would be great. Happen to have a never ending power source you've been hiding?
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Rosa, Rosa, Rosa... you don't "get" men all the way yet? This guy crashed, sure - but he was *flying a JET PACK* at the time! That totally makes this an amazingly successful test flight ;-) Just like those first few SpaceX "test flights".
Anytime a guy is, however briefly, flying through the air in a home-made rocket or jet-pack, he's living the dream *grin*
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I agree, really just RC Jet engines with a wing big enough to lift him. I suppose the end game is a wing with 747 engines on it so he can fly across a continent.
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save by not having to thrust just to stay in the air.
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Well think of how much fuel he could save by going up in a lawnchair fitted with 10000 helium baloons... doesn't make it any more a jetpack, though.
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No capes! Do you want to get sucked into a jet engine?
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He'll be OK. His whole body is a crumple zone. Very safe.
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Gizmodo already covered this story about 3 weeks ago or so.
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