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I wonder where you get insurance for that thing? I can only imagine how many people who will crash & burn.

They showed one of those at the annual EAA show in Oshkosh, WI a couple years ago and it was a flop. It's not really a jetpack but is powered by fans instead and (2 years ago), could hardly lift a guy more than a few feet off the ground. Cost was estimated to be ~$100K. The thing's huge and bulky too as you can see.
A real Jetpack (exists) would be far better but not likely ever available to the public, death is quite likely.

It's an amazing piece of technology.
According to the specs it can reach a height of 8000 feet, speed of 60 mph and has a range of about 30 miles. Imagine landing in a gas station to get your 5 gallons of premium gas, so you can fly for another 30 minutes. It has a tactical parachute so as long as you don't have a midair collision it should be safer then a helicopter.

They figure it will initially be for recreational and search and rescue use.

If it had better range I'd def. be interested, if I was rich lol But if I was rich I'd probably have my own cesna.. lol

good ear plugs are a must with that thing. also as was said if only good for a distance of 30 miles. it be very limited use and i look at buying a hover craft first for the price !

Like a helicopter, Im sure there is a dead zone you should not fly in if your counting on landing safely with out power.

You guys watch the demonstration video on their website? Pretty unimpressive. It never gets more than a few feet off the ground and there's two guys walking along with it with their hands on it occasionally to keep it stable.

Not exactly the video I would have chosen to post to show off it's capabilities.

Reading its speculated specs, I find it hard to believe that it's capable of reaching 8000' and hovering there. Then too, it's got a 5 gallon tank and burns 10 gph so you'll have less than 1/2 to reach 8000' and land (safely). Don't think I'd try that.

normalicy wrote:I wonder where you get insurance for that thing? I can only imagine how many people who will crash & burn.

I am sure she has a box for it...

LOL, my wife loves her. On an odd side note, they featured her in our recent parade magazine (not sure if this is national or not). She's actually a comedian (surprise there).