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    Image of Matt Heimlich Matt Heimlich
    05/16/09

    In reply to Crazy Jumpsuited Man Sets New Speed Record for Jetpacks
    I'll take 2. One for me, and another one also for me for when I inevitably crash the first.
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    05/16/09

    @Matt Heimlich: If you do crash this I doubt it'll just be the jet pack that needs replacing.
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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    05/17/09

    @chrishw:


    He'll be OK. His whole body is a crumple zone. Very safe.

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    Image of Cory Rowell Cory Rowell
    01/29/09

    In reply to Water-Powered JetLev Jetpack Would Be the Most Godly Firefighting Tool Ever
    omg its F.L.U.D.D
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/29/09

    @Cory Rowell: Female Luddite Underwater Dwelling Demons?
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    Image of Rajesh Sampathkumar Rajesh Sampathkumar
    01/29/09

    In reply to Water-Powered JetLev Jetpack Would Be the Most Godly Firefighting Tool Ever
    They probably have a grille or filter at the pump's inlet to prevent particulates and fish from entering. Nice invention, but probably more useful in a recreational pool/lake than in a firefight. You wanna be using all that water to actually extinguish the fire rather than raining buckets down on passers by and holding up one guy in the air.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/29/09

    @Rajesh Sampathkumar: Oh Literal Rajesh!


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    Image of zender_ady zender_ady
    01/29/09

    In reply to Water-Powered JetLev Jetpack Would Be the Most Godly Firefighting Tool Ever
    looks fake to me.. come on
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/29/09

    @zender_ady: Why? List your reasons in the blue book. Show your work.
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    Image of Gregpooh Gregpooh
    01/29/09

    @No,Comma_GitEmSteveDave:


    Look closely behind him in the video. He's towing his pump with him. It looks like a modified jet-ski. I wonder if he could get up any higher with a longer hose?


    It would be interesting to see what one of these could do, hooked up to a fire hydrant though.

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    01/29/09

    @Gregpooh: I asked why it looks fake.
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    01/29/09

    In reply to Water-Powered JetLev Jetpack Would Be the Most Godly Firefighting Tool Ever
    Am I the only one wondering/wanted to see what would happen if a fish got sucked into the intake?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    01/29/09

    @No,Comma_GitEmSteveDave: Power boost.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/29/09

    @No,Comma_GitEmSteveDave: Would they call it "Fish Strike" then?
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    01/29/09

    @No,Comma_GitEmSteveDave: Fish soup?
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    01/29/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate: @musicman119: Lil' Lisa's Fish Slurry?
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    01/07/09

    In reply to The Physics Behind the Insanely Dangerous Japanese Water Jetpack
    Funny, but I will never understand Japanese humor.
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    Image of gerrylum gerrylum
    01/07/09

    In reply to The Physics Behind the Insanely Dangerous Japanese Water Jetpack
    Yeah, this is fake (and obviously so).
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    Image of madog madog
    01/07/09

    @gerrylum: There is a point, when viewing the launch from the second angle it gives, where there is no pressure coming out and he just hangs there middair for a few seconds.
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    01/07/09

    In reply to The Physics Behind the Insanely Dangerous Japanese Water Jetpack
    Do they make a version for neighbor hood cats?


    Just wonderin'.

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    Image of Monty Monty
    01/07/09

    @zenpoet: Someone made a launcher for squirrels, so I suspect it could be adjusted to work on cats.

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    Image of Jacob Gold Jacob Gold
    01/07/09

    In reply to The Physics Behind the Insanely Dangerous Japanese Water Jetpack
    Didnt the Mythbusters try this too?
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    Image of madog madog
    01/07/09

    @Jacob Gold: Wow, yes they did, and they decided it was too dangerous and not practical. Also, they had a rack that seemed much larger than this one made out of regular 2 liter plastic bottles. This one looks smaller but with larger bottles, and therefor more pressure, but achieved at least 10 times more distance with an actual human being attached to it.


    Mythbusters only successfully launch their dummy, Buster, about 5 feet.

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    01/07/09

    @madog: The size of the bottle has absolutely nothing to do with how much pressure it can hold. During the Mythbusters test they found that a normal 2-liter holds 150psi while the big water water cooler jugs go boom and turn to shrapnel at like 80.


    You can tell it's fake, just look at how he flies... it's not right, too linear. Looks like a cable pull.

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