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Title: Jetpacks
Post by: fuzeman on September 02, 2020, 07:25:27 AM: Seems like somebody made and tested his jetpack near LAX.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/us/jetpack-lax-trnd/index.html

[ just added link, I find that hard to do on my cell ]
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: Chalenge on September 02, 2020, 04:22:26 PM: He's just breaking in the engines, I'm sure.
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: Shuffler on September 03, 2020, 03:54:25 AM: Personal jet packs have been around for some time. Makes the wearer into a small jet.
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: AKKuya on September 03, 2020, 08:02:01 AM: This happened in LA? Very curious. Maybe this wasn't a prop after all. Maybe this wasn't just a movie for kids' enjoyment 30 years ago.

The truth is out there.

(https://i.ibb.co/R9S1TrS/Rocketeer-Flying-2-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Xb49x04)

HiTech, we need our personal jet packs in the game. Vulching just took on a new level.
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: AKKuya on September 03, 2020, 09:42:55 AM: This made the SyFy wire feed.

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/jet-pack-spotted-two-pilots-fbi-investigation
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: Wiley on September 03, 2020, 10:27:48 AM: Quote from: Shuffler on September 03, 2020, 03:54:25 AM
Personal jet packs have been around for some time. Makes the wearer into a small jet.

That GI Joe looking thing seems cool, but this is what I want for my morning commute.

Wiley.
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: Arlo on September 03, 2020, 11:02:25 AM: Imagining a bird strike. :old:
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: Wiley on September 03, 2020, 02:12:47 PM: Quote from: Arlo on September 03, 2020, 11:02:25 AM
Imagining a bird strike. :old:

Shouldn't happen much more often than it does on a bike. Besides, you don't HAVE to be running it at ridiculous speed. But, it would be spectacular...

Wiley.
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: AKKuya on September 05, 2020, 12:16:51 AM: Talking with the airline pilots at work. best guess is that someone strapped a mannequin to a drone and RC the "jetpack man" during the airliner final approaches before landing.
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: Gman on September 05, 2020, 04:23:01 AM: Quote from: Wiley on September 03, 2020, 10:27:48 AM
That GI Joe looking thing seems cool, but this is what I want for my morning commute.

Wiley.

Or this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4FUBfp9kS0&ab_channel=GravityIndustries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WS4aR_OBbs&ab_channel=GravityIndustries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoFlqIaDJ8U&ab_channel=GravityIndustries
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: icemaw on September 12, 2020, 07:06:30 PM: 0 margin for error...
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: Wiley on September 12, 2020, 10:37:37 PM: Quote from: Gman on September 05, 2020, 04:23:01 AM
Or this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4FUBfp9kS0&ab_channel=GravityIndustries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WS4aR_OBbs&ab_channel=GravityIndustries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoFlqIaDJ8U&ab_channel=GravityIndustries

That one's come a long way since I last saw it.

Now, I am not a military guy, but can someone please explain if my thinking is wrong... Who on EARTH would consider those things a good idea for a military application? Noisy, man size targets hanging a few feet off the ground that cannot change direction fast. Don't they call those "target drones"?

Wiley.
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: Puma44 on September 13, 2020, 09:35:21 AM: Quote from: Wiley on September 12, 2020, 10:37:37 PM
Noisy, man size targets hanging a few feet off the ground that cannot change direction fast. Don't they call those "target drones"?

Wiley.

Grape = easy target, easy to squash, and 100% PK.
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: Vulcan on September 14, 2020, 03:01:59 PM: Quote from: Puma44 on September 13, 2020, 09:35:21 AM
Grape = easy target, easy to squash, and 100% PK.

Meh, most of the people in here can't hit a Yak-3 let a lone a puny man.
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: Wiley on September 15, 2020, 09:43:57 AM: Quote from: Vulcan on September 14, 2020, 03:01:59 PM
Meh, most of the people in here can't hit a Yak-3 let a lone a puny man.

I'm thinking more from an infantry/ground fire perspective.

Wiley.
Title: Re: Jetpacks
Post by: Shuffler on September 15, 2020, 09:48:50 AM: LOL