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OK, which one of you has been flying your jetpack?

JPSmit

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not me - mine has Lucas wiring so it's in the shop
 
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Wonder if doc made a CAB run?
 

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Good luck to the pilot that reported this, they'll probably pull him in for a psych eval. Remember when they said by now we'd all be flying around in a jetpack. Can you imagine hundreds of thousands of people flying around with no traffic controls smashing into each other?
 
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So you’re saying it was doc after all. :rolleye:
 

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Theres pic floating around as well about it. The technology is epic and could have tremendous applications on the battlefield or high rise rescue, etc.... seems at the moment it's only good for making pilots need a change of underwear.
 

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Strange that no one ON THE GROUND, yet, has reported seeing or hearing it. As I recall, these hydrogen-peroxide-based rocket-packs are really loud (hissing).
 

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The New Yorker had a cartoon many years ago showing businessmen commuting on flying platforms all over the sky and one saying "You know, I still miss the 5:15".
 

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Weren't we all supposed to using these by now?

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I remember seeing this guy fly his jetpack at the 1964 Worlds Fair.
 

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Fun... and then I saw some related videos:

 

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As dangerous as these jet-packs are, I'd try one WAY AHEAD of the "Hopicopter" from the 1940s. Here are 2 shots I took at the Pima Air Museum in Tuscon.
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Interesting. At the altitudes reported it would seem someone has found a way to extend flight duration. Or wears a BIG-arse (tandem jump?) parachute.
 

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Probably more dangerous a couple of hundred feet above the ground - too close for a parachute and just high enough to kill you if it quits - as you KNOW it will sooner or later.
 

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With new base jumping rigs and reserve deployment systems, you could have a parachute over your head in as little as 100 feet. Velocity dependent, etc. The flying system could be chopped with it's own canopy deployment system If needed.
 
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