Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Up In the Air, Junior Birdmen

The new "jetpack."

Except that it weighs a few hundred pounds (that is why it has its own landing gear), it's not really a "jet," and it's not really a "pack." If you put a seat on it, it'd be sort of a helicopter.

That may be snarkier than I mean it to be. Anyone who has paid any attention to jetpacks since James Bond flew one in "Goldfinger" knows that they have an endurance of only a couple of minutes. This thing is large, ungainly looking and it might just work.

Just don't fly it close to the ground, for if you lose power below the altitude that the parachute will function, you are going to have a really bad day.
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2 comments:

  1. deadstick7/29/2008 9:48 AM

    Couple of minutes? More like 20-30 seconds.

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  2. Mark7/30/2008 4:58 AM

    This thing apparently has about a half-hour's endurance. That's enough for me to forgive a lot of sins, including it basically being an open-air mini Chinook.

    Hundred grand starting price - so it's all headed in the right direction.

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