Ten minutes of flight time makes it as useless as every other jet pack.
Give me no less than an hour so I can get somewhere and I’ll be interested.
They’re waiting for dilithium crystals to be developed.
The others based on the original Bell design gave 20 sec of flight.
The Givernment will subsidize this business, so they can operate on battery power...
From what I have read, they are working on a air bypass design, which should improve the efficiency quite a lot.
You do know that the hydrogen peroxide jet-packs (James Bond style) fly for something like 45 seconds? They also use an extremely dangerous fuel. Just spill it on the ground and it bursts into flames.
Give me no less than an hour so I can get somewhere and I’ll be interested.
They might get there eventually. How long was the first flight at Kitty Hawk?
Disagree.
For certain applications, including having “fun”, 10 mins is a significant amount of time. It is also orders of magnitude better than anything before it. A light person could also carry more fuel, so it isn’t a fixed 10 mins.
I could see this being useful in rescue/emergency situations where you need to quickly get to a difficult spot. Somebody might be able to help in a situation where a helicopter isn’t an option. These could be made inexpensively in bulk.
There’s probably other applications too, doesn’t have to be for a typical users commute.
15-20 mile range isn’t too bad (100+ mph max for 10+ minutes depending on weight).
quick hop but definitely needs to last longer