View Full Version : A new angle on very Light Jets
IO540
31st Jan 2007, 08:18
http://www.jet-man.com/actuel.html
He appears to be using the model aircraft jet engines, with a centrifugal compressor. They sell for about 2000 quid each.
christimson
31st Jan 2007, 09:12
Great clip. The guy is clearly insane!
LowNSlow
31st Jan 2007, 09:24
He'd obviously thought it through before doing it. Well done that man!
nouseforaname
31st Jan 2007, 09:35
That is wicked I'd love to have one of them
the dean
31st Jan 2007, 09:51
jeeeeze...unreal.:eek:
wonder if it has a future....but below normal traffic please.
looks great fun but would be difficult to see fron a light plane i think...
the dean.
Piltdown Man
31st Jan 2007, 10:23
We need people like this to show us how to live. I wish him all the best and hope that he suceeds! :D
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zkdli
31st Jan 2007, 20:15
Where would the CAA make you stick a transponder?:)
I'll get my coat...
Jgossett
31st Jan 2007, 20:37
That is amazing. :eek:
maxdrypower
31st Jan 2007, 20:39
utterley incredible
wbryce
31st Jan 2007, 21:24
human strikes, the new future? pesky humans...:}
And there I was thinking I hit a fat craw who was clearly no stranger at the local chippy.
MSP Aviation
31st Jan 2007, 22:23
that's incredible. i'd love to do that some day.
traffic spotting - in the shot where it shows the aero plane tailing him, he is not much smaller than the aircraft! just slap some bright paint and strobes on the wing.
Jools508
1st Feb 2007, 09:12
I want one!
the dean
1st Feb 2007, 13:22
wonder if there is a version with floats....???:}
sorry girls...i'll get my coat..:oh:
dean.
AltFlaps
1st Feb 2007, 14:46
This folks, will blow your socks off (literally)
A Mad Swiss guy straps a four rocket wing to himself and jumps out of an a/c
http://www.jet-man.com/actuel.html (http://www.jet-man.com/actuel.html)
He is not mad, as an former Mirage Fighter Pilot he know exactly what he is doing, btw, he is also normal pilot at Swiss....
Mad is right!
Although he has won a lot of free publicity ...
Not something I would try!
the dean
1st Feb 2007, 15:13
moderator...you might want to merge this thread and the same one n private pilots section....
two halves of the same story...:}
the dean
Sleeve Wing
1st Feb 2007, 15:16
'Fraid mad is wrong, ABX.
You Mirage qualified ?
A great 'first''.
englishal
1st Feb 2007, 15:38
I wonder if you need a Type Rating to fly it :}
He needs to up the thrust on those engines a bit so he can do a vertical takeoff and do away with the jump plane....
the dean
1st Feb 2007, 15:38
mod...you might want to merge...
there are now two threads running on this subject here after mod moved 'JET MAN' from 'rumours'...to here...
the dean.
Hi Sleeve Wing et al,
Mate I haven't even qualified on Flight Sim, just a few laps around the training areas in a Luscombe, Cub & 172 for me.
I'll stick with "mad" though, after all, the guy did strap some rockets and a folding wing on himself and launch off into the wide blue ...
As mad as meat bombers anyway.
Cheers though.
James McBride
1st Feb 2007, 15:43
Who wouldn't want to "fly like a bird"?
This guy is brilliant and I for one am envious of his achievement here. Can you visualise what the licensing situation would be if this catches on?
The regulators would have a real problem I think, can you imagine the conversation, it would go something like;
"So you went first solo on your first flight eh? I don't think we've got a licence that covers this one..."
Hope my local flying club buys one then we can all have a go! :-)
Believe me, he is a pretty cool, calculating, exactly working guy. Never loud or crazy and he sticks to the rules at every time. If he would'nt have calculated the risk of this ride, he never would have tried. He was great in flying the Mirage, as well as in flying airliners and his doing this the same way. If you would know him, he would forget everything about the mad.... He is just proofing the limits, that's all and as you can see it works.
mod...you might want to merge...
there are now two threads running on this subject here after mod moved 'JET MAN' from 'rumours'...to here...
the dean.
Done. I started work today at 1445 and have just got in........... :)