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"The Jetpack achieves with 30 minutes of flight time .."
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Martin Aircraft jetpack
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Cliff wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
Kind of feels like PhotoShop. 30 minutes of flight...and no video?
Ken
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It's real... it was here in Oshkosh during the EAA. Videos are here:
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It's more of a "ducted-fan" pack than a "jet" pack, but they did design and build there own 200hp two-stroke engine.
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Wow, no thanks. That's a lot more like strapping yourself to a car as the front bumper than a "pack".
Pete Keillor
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What is the power out glide ratio? vForward/vDown ? Sounds like zero to me. I'll pass.
Wes
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--Nice but I think I like that one with the high pressure water pumps better, if only because single-point-failure is less catastrophic. Imagine sucking a bird into Martin's newfangled contraption!