Posted on 07/14/2019 1:52:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Frank Zapata demonstrated his device above the crowds at the Champs-Elysee, soaring high into the air on what looks like a futuristic hoverboard. A former jet-skiing champion, Zapata operated the device by leaning forward as if on a Segway.
As part of his display, he flew to and fro before stopping gracefully in midair while holding an unloaded rifle...
Zapata claims that the Flyboard can reach a top speed of 190 km/h, with a predicted top speed of 200 km/h. According to his website, it can fly up to 150 metres for ten minutes, carrying a maximum load of 100 kg. The predicted limits are even higher — the Flyboard has a max altitude of 3,000 metres, a maximum flight time of 30 minutes and a maximum carrying capacity of 200 kg.
(Excerpt) Read more at theweek.in ...
“Seriously a rifle carrying Frenchman?”
Someone has to hand them to the Germans.
Not a big fan of the French. My grandfather was a doctor in a small town in France, as had been his father and his father. Between him and his wife (a Norse), they literally delivered all the babies in the town.
Took them about 20 minutes to get turned over to the Nazis by said locals.
Presumably fuel.
That’s hilarious! Make California Great Again!
I don’t always use my sarcasm tag. My bad . . I guess.
Hilarious.
My first thought too.
Bttt
That is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. Free untethered high speed and controllable flight in a reasonably small package. Unfortunately he will likely be killed the first time anything goes wrong. That will be a sad day.
I remember that from a Power for Peace trading card.
I had never heard of those. Now that Ive seen them I want a set.
You might also like the US Navy Victories series. Some nice artwork and good history.
Pretty amazing stuff - has to be gyro-stabilized I would imagine (perhaps several gyros?) - (a couple?) dunno
The video is amazing.
(just in case anyone on my prophecy ping list missed this)
Between this and drones, “They Live” was somewhat prophetic - reminds me of the flying cops in the Tom Cruise movie - “Minority Report”
Actually a little over 124 mph. Still, very impressive
[Yeah, I left off my /sarc tag somehow.]
gotcha
[Interesting, but won’t replace skeet surfing.]
If everybody had a 12-guage, and a surfboard too...
Nick Rivers had some great hits.
I remember “Your Skeetin’ Heart” duet with Tammy Wynette.
[The stunt with a rifle is entirely bizarre in an antigun 1984ish nation]
Well, if only the PoPo have guns....
Life after microprocessor computer chips is far beyond anything the Science Fiction writers of decades ago could even possible imagine. All of this technology is brought to you by the humble computer chip. In this case you have what would be a completely unstable, un-driveable machine. The only thing allowing this thing to fly is the millions of lines of computer code operating in minute fractions of a second to continually adjust, adjust, adjust.
The fundamental building block of our entire lives these days is the humble microship. Amazing. Who would have believed this would be possible back 50 years ago?
Ummmm - 100km/h is 62 mph
For some reason Wiley E. Coyote comes to mind.......
Watch out for telephone lines......LOL!
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