Jet Pack anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF0j96zORj0 - this looks like the maiden maiden, or possibly the maiden maiden maiden, or something...
Last edited by Andy_RR; 11th Nov 2015 at 06:43.
Not new?
I don't think so.
You may have seen a rocket belt, but a true turbojet powered jetpack?
This would appear to be new (well actually under development in secret for quite a while).
Turbofan version being talked about - ballistic parachute - auto stabilsation.
I want one!!!
I don't think so.
You may have seen a rocket belt, but a true turbojet powered jetpack?
This would appear to be new (well actually under development in secret for quite a while).
Turbofan version being talked about - ballistic parachute - auto stabilsation.
I want one!!!
Riding home on the bus last night I was thinking about how you'd develop operating procedures for these things.
There are no aerodynamic surfaces to provide unpowered lift (obviously).
There's clearly a dead man zone where you're too low to use a ballistic parachute, but high enough to die if you have a major loss of thrust.
Similar to a hovering helicopter, but you don't have the impact absorption effect of skids and the protection of the seats/cabin.
Lift off from land, depart over water until above MSA? Same in reverse for approach?
But then hitting water from anything above 10 metres, especially with something like that on your back, is not going to be nice.
Zoom climb on take off over land to reach MSA as soon as possible?
Maybe just accept that if you lose thrust, unless you're high - you're dead.
There are no aerodynamic surfaces to provide unpowered lift (obviously).
There's clearly a dead man zone where you're too low to use a ballistic parachute, but high enough to die if you have a major loss of thrust.
Similar to a hovering helicopter, but you don't have the impact absorption effect of skids and the protection of the seats/cabin.
Lift off from land, depart over water until above MSA? Same in reverse for approach?
But then hitting water from anything above 10 metres, especially with something like that on your back, is not going to be nice.
Zoom climb on take off over land to reach MSA as soon as possible?
Maybe just accept that if you lose thrust, unless you're high - you're dead.
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The Sydney and Melbourne show, James Bond and Lost in Space were hydrogen peroxide powered.
A gas cylinder contains nitrogen gas, and two cylinders containing highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide. The nitrogen presses the hydrogen peroxide onto a catalyst, which decomposes the hydrogen peroxide into a mixture of superheated steam and oxygen with a temperature of about 740 °C.
A gas cylinder contains nitrogen gas, and two cylinders containing highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide. The nitrogen presses the hydrogen peroxide onto a catalyst, which decomposes the hydrogen peroxide into a mixture of superheated steam and oxygen with a temperature of about 740 °C.
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Water is at least a bit softer than terra firma slackie, if you're low enough.
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Did a belly flopper off the 10 metre board Pinky?
