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Inventor says jet packs ready to take off
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| Tue Jul 29
| DINESH RAMDE
Posted on 07/30/2008 8:16:58 AM PDT by 300magnum
OSHKOSH, Wis. - This isn't how a jet pack is supposed to look, is it? Hollywood has envisioned jet packs as upside-down fire extinguishers strapped to people's backs. But Glenn Martin's invention is far more unwieldy — a 250-pound piano-sized contraption that people settle into rather than strap on.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: smearonacliff; transportation
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:16:58 AM PDT
by
300magnum
To: 300magnum
Looks like a set of drums.........
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:19:04 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If we drill deep enough, we can reach the Saudi oil fields from THIS side..........)
To: 300magnum
If everyone flys like they drive then I’m walking!
3
posted on
07/30/2008 8:20:04 AM PDT
by
Devilinbaggypants
(He who wishes to give little shouldn't ask for much.)
To: 300magnum
I'd rather have this..
4
posted on
07/30/2008 8:20:09 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Why would anyone make "Hairspray 2"? (Free Corny!))
To: 300magnum
5
posted on
07/30/2008 8:21:22 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Public policy should never become the captive of a scientific-technological elite. -- Ike Eisenhower)
To: 300magnum
I'm still waiting for the jetpack I was promised.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:24:27 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: 300magnum
You wouldn’t believe how noisy that thing is.
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:25:04 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Who would McQueeg rather have mad at him: You or the liberals? FREE LAZAMATAZ!)
To: 300magnum
The one invented in the late 50s or early 60s was more compact and worked just as well.
Aside from weighing more and looking stupid, this one doesn’t seem to have much going for it.
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:26:01 AM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:26:18 AM PDT
by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
To: Cyber Liberty
It appears to use counter-spinning fans. But I’m just guessing. What powers it?
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:27:29 AM PDT
by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
To: Cyber Liberty
oops! I looked closer at the picture. It appears to be jet engines.
12
posted on
07/30/2008 8:29:14 AM PDT
by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
To: 300magnum
Looks like Acroyear's gear.
13
posted on
07/30/2008 8:31:48 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Satisfaction was my sin)
To: 300magnum
...I got my doubts....the dream of jet pack flight has been going on since James Bond used one in Thunderball....the first Super Bowl did a jet pack demo at halftime.....for a while the Army was interested so you’d have thought that would have spurred development....so after all this time, today’s 250 lb. monstrosity is the best available???....maybe personal jet pack flight wasn’t wasn’t meant to be.
To: kinsman redeemer
Looks that way. Can you imagine the racket?
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:32:07 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Who would McQueeg rather have mad at him: You or the liberals? FREE LAZAMATAZ!)
To: 300magnum
To be successful, these backpacks will have to be totally self stabilizing. The operator shouldn’t have to concentrate on flying to keep it from crashing. All the operator should have to do is move the control device in the direction they wish to go and the backpack should follow. The onboard computer keeps the device from crashing and getting out of control.
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:32:20 AM PDT
by
woofer2425
(You will all be using Macs within 10 years)
To: 300magnum
I presume the jet version can fly for more than the 90 seconds that the rocket packs do.
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:34:24 AM PDT
by
G-Bear
(Obama 08-- Change you'll regret!)
To: DustyMoment
The one invented in the late 50s or early 60s was more compact and worked just as well.
Aside from weighing more and looking stupid, this one doesn’t seem to have much going for it.
The ones invented back then (at least the peroxide-powered ones) had a few minutes of power. Good for short hops or demonstrations but you'd best have been back on the ground before the fuel ran out.
From the article:
"The Martin jet pack can — in theory — fly an average-sized pilot about 30 miles in 30 minutes on a full 5-gallon tank of gas."
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:35:44 AM PDT
by
chrisser
(The Two Americas: Those that want to be coddled, Those that want to be left the hell alone.)
To: woofer2425
The onboard computer keeps the device from crashing and getting out of control. Then you would definitely want to use Windows as the operating system.
Windows never crashes.
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:36:16 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Public policy should never become the captive of a scientific-technological elite. -- Ike Eisenhower)
To: Red Badger
It’s the Moller Skycar engines, without the car.
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posted on
07/30/2008 8:38:04 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
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