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1 posted on
03/13/2010 8:52:39 AM PST by
Doogle
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To: Doogle
Next thing we know, the cat will want one. ;)
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2 posted on
03/13/2010 8:56:11 AM PST by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Doogle
Wonderful. Another bomb delivery mechanism for Al-Qaida.
3 posted on
03/13/2010 8:56:12 AM PST by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: Doogle
Lets see 2 liters will take you 31 miles...that’s 62 miles to the gallon...That’s very economical. Is the fuel savings less with Ethanol blends?
5 posted on
03/13/2010 8:59:19 AM PST by
mdmathis6
To: Doogle
And sales will end the day after the first idiot kills himself in one....
Attorneys destroyed Civil Aviation in America.
6 posted on
03/13/2010 9:05:41 AM PST by
tcrlaf
(Obama White House=Tammany Hall on the National Mall)
To: Doogle
Didn’t the ultralight flight requrirements call for a minimum stall speed (power off) of around 20 mph?
This thing ain’t gonna windmill down anywhere near that (LOL)
9 posted on
03/13/2010 9:11:44 AM PST by
Old Flat Toad
(Pima County, home of the single vehicle accident with 40 victims.)
To: Doogle
$10,000 down, payments of $30,000 every three months, then $5,000 to attend the training program, roughly $110,000 including delivery charges for a vehicle that’ll go 30 miles, that presently you're forbidden from flying in any urban environment.
Personally, just from looking at the flight tests and demonstrations... I think there's absolutely some areas that can see some quite rapid development and improvement. It's like looking at the first Segways, and how different today's models are from the first demonstration devices.
I could easily see pairing with some of the capacitor battery designs that are out there, as well as semi antonymous GPS piloting software, and you could pretty much type in the map coordinates, verify via imaging from Google or Microsoft that the target location is indeed where you want to go, and have the device fly you from your carport to 30 ft over your target, and all you have to do is land.
10 posted on
03/13/2010 9:12:39 AM PST by
kingu
(Favorite Sticker: Lost hope, and Obama took my change.)
To: Doogle
Well after watching the linked video, I'll have to say that this version of the so-called "jet-pack" will be about as popular as the Segway.
Reason being is that you look like a total dork on it. Think Mike Dukakis in a tank, John Kerry on a snowboard or Obama on a bicycle and you pretty much have the mental image of somebody on one if these death-trap contraptions.
I'd give it another 20 years before somebody can come out with a "cool" version.
13 posted on
03/13/2010 9:13:46 AM PST by
SamAdams76
(I am 2 days away from outliving Jim Jones)
To: Doogle
HEADLINE: Aircraft crashes after sucking in Jetpacker avoiding flock of geese.
14 posted on
03/13/2010 9:15:12 AM PST by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
To: Doogle
Ok, I am officially completely impressed. I’d love for this one to have a 5 litre tank. It would completely replace a commuter car.
15 posted on
03/13/2010 9:16:14 AM PST by
Centurion2000
(Something is seriously wrong when the .gov plans to treat citizens worse than they treat terrorists)
To: Doogle
JANE!! STOP THIS CRAZY THING!!!
19 posted on
03/13/2010 9:26:40 AM PST by
J40000
To: Doogle
Leavin on a jet pack
don’t know when I’ll be back again...
20 posted on
03/13/2010 9:27:15 AM PST by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Doogle
How impressive. An air-segway. Now you can break more than just your nose tripping over an obstruction...
To: Doogle; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Soooooo...who wants be a beta tester?
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26 posted on
03/13/2010 9:35:25 AM PST by
Slings and Arrows
("Jim Robinson is the onle person that sweets proper nut sweet. leave the man alone."--Sarah-bot)
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
I won’t be doing business with any auto insurance company that also insures these. Period. Count on it.
27 posted on
03/13/2010 9:43:06 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
(Freedom is Priceless.)
To: Doogle
God bless Kiwi ingenuity, but there may be a reason why all of the "pilots" but one shown in the video were slender women and the one man (at the end) looked skinny as Hell and was just standing there with a grin on his face.
But it's an interesting attempt at something people have been dreaming about since the days of Dick Tracy cartoons.
30 posted on
03/13/2010 9:54:17 AM PST by
katana
(Interesting Times)
To: Doogle
They may look like a cool thing to alot of people, but a lot of people will die on these things too.
31 posted on
03/13/2010 9:58:37 AM PST by
valkyry1
To: Doogle
Hmmmm.
Tempting. The concrete parking area in front of my new house has been compared to a helipad. Looks like the perfect take-off/landing area.
32 posted on
03/13/2010 10:06:25 AM PST by
southernnorthcarolina
(Now with ConstructionCam! Click on my name and follow the progress.)
After nearly 30 years in development, New Zealand's Martin Aircraft Company is finally gearing up to sell its jetpack: two rockets driven by a 2-liter, 200-horsepower engine that can theoretically take you as high as 8,000 feet.
Of course, then the fuel runs out, and you're on your own...
37 posted on
03/13/2010 10:12:24 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
(Freedom is Priceless.)
To: Doogle; Slings and Arrows
Just waiting for the “hold mah beer guy” to strap one on, then get on his bicycle....or maybe a pair of skis
42 posted on
03/13/2010 11:00:37 AM PST by
ApplegateRanch
(U.S. Citizen since 1946: “Made in the USA, by proud American workers!")
To: Doogle
you'll be able to jaunt to the store at will
I can just picture all the bodies dangling from telephone wires or hanging out of broken office building windows........
43 posted on
03/13/2010 11:21:32 AM PST by
Hot Tabasco
(My boomerang won't come back)
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