Interesting technology.
To: SoFloFreeper
When I first saw this demonstrated on TV, I began to wonder what the soldier would have to discard in order to make up for the extra weight. Battery weight, alone, for a rig big enough to make a significant tactical difference would outweigh the average soldier's ruck.
Nice toy. Please come back when you have something that actually is a game-changer.
2 posted on
09/17/2014 3:56:40 AM PDT by
Pecos
(That government governs best which governs least..)
To: SoFloFreeper
Sooo...just thinking it through...if the tech becomes available to the general public would you need an operaor’s license? Insurance? Would someone be able to use it for commuting? Could it be used on the sidewalk or would it have to be used in the street?
3 posted on
09/17/2014 3:58:59 AM PDT by
prisoner6
(Stop the Stupid)
To: SoFloFreeper
Shades of Starship Troopers, the book, not the movie.
4 posted on
09/17/2014 4:07:40 AM PDT by
ArtDodger
To: SoFloFreeper
Some general has been playing way too much HALO...
5 posted on
09/17/2014 4:16:19 AM PDT by
BCW
(ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
To: SoFloFreeper
Can it outrun Ebola? Just asking, because that’s where bozo is tossing the troops next...
6 posted on
09/17/2014 4:16:55 AM PDT by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: SoFloFreeper
What happens if one should trip and fall is he pinned to the ground till the thing stops???
7 posted on
09/17/2014 4:21:38 AM PDT by
bikerman
(any day above ground is a good day)
To: SoFloFreeper
She’s a lively one. Glad I didn’t marry here...could never keep up.
9 posted on
09/17/2014 4:28:54 AM PDT by
BobL
(Don't forget - Today's Russians learn math WITHOUT calculators.)
To: SoFloFreeper; All
Well...like I used to tell my Sailor’s...If you can’t fight, you don’t have to run.
10 posted on
09/17/2014 4:32:28 AM PDT by
areukiddingme1
(areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
To: SoFloFreeper
If it’s a jet pack, why can’t they run a mile in about 10 seconds?
11 posted on
09/17/2014 4:41:43 AM PDT by
Old Yeller
(D.A.M.N. - Deport All Muslims Now! Starting in the White House.)
To: SoFloFreeper
The French ought to like this.
12 posted on
09/17/2014 4:47:24 AM PDT by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: SoFloFreeper
Um this is @$$ wipes army. Will it be used to run away from the enemy?
I’m sure Kerry would have loved one in Vietnam.
15 posted on
09/17/2014 5:21:23 AM PDT by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: SoFloFreeper
Super faceplant if you trip.
16 posted on
09/17/2014 5:23:31 AM PDT by
wrench
To: SoFloFreeper
You know what would help make even faster times? A bicycle, or a motorcycle, or a car...
17 posted on
09/17/2014 5:24:45 AM PDT by
NCLaw441
To: SoFloFreeper
Like every tech in the beginning it is plagued with problems, if the problems cannot be fixed by further development than it will be shelved by industry, but the idea will never be discarded, eventually some one will endeavor to perfect it, probably by some kid working from his dads garage.
18 posted on
09/17/2014 5:31:55 AM PDT by
PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
To: SoFloFreeper
Try turning or stopping with all that added weight and momentum- that’ll be interesting!
20 posted on
09/17/2014 6:20:22 AM PDT by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: SoFloFreeper
Our soldiers would probably settle for just having bullets in their weapons.
21 posted on
09/17/2014 6:49:10 AM PDT by
moovova
To: SoFloFreeper
I guess the low tech version, which we could actually afford, would be to feed the GIs a steady diet of pinto beans...
22 posted on
09/17/2014 7:08:44 AM PDT by
afsnco
To: SoFloFreeper
I wonder if it would be any harder on the knees. Maybe in urban areas you could use boots with pop down in line wheels, like those ski commando guys.
Freegards
29 posted on
09/17/2014 6:07:20 PM PDT by
Ransomed
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