[Doogle]

Clip at url...........

[Daffynition]

Next thing we know, the cat will want one. ;)

[mlocher]

Wonderful. Another bomb delivery mechanism for Al-Qaida.

[mdmathis6]

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?

[tcrlaf]

And sales will end the day after the first idiot kills himself in one....

Attorneys destroyed Civil Aviation in America.

[Old Flat Toad]

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)

[kingu]

$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.

[SamAdams76]

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.

[Doogle]

HEADLINE: Aircraft crashes after sucking in Jetpacker avoiding flock of geese.

[Centurion2000]

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.

[J40000]

JANE!! STOP THIS CRAZY THING!!!

[cripplecreek]

Leavin on a jet pack
don’t know when I’ll be back again...

[Hardraade]

How impressive. An air-segway. Now you can break more than just your nose tripping over an obstruction...

[Slings and Arrows]

Soooooo...who wants be a beta tester?

[SunkenCiv]

I won’t be doing business with any auto insurance company that also insures these. Period. Count on it.

[katana]

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.

[valkyry1]

They may look like a cool thing to alot of people, but a lot of people will die on these things too.

[southernnorthcarolina]

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.

[SunkenCiv]

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...

[ApplegateRanch]

Just waiting for the “hold mah beer guy” to strap one on, then get on his bicycle....or maybe a pair of skis

[Hot Tabasco]

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........