Who here would strap this on...
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Who here would strap this on...
Hi All,
stumbled across this.
84' Olympics with a heli twist.
http://www.tecaeromex.com/ingles/RH-i.htm
my question is, if the rocket tip blades quit on you is there enough blade to perform any kind of auto rotation? does the regular circa 84' jetpack have any kind of redundancy?
cheers
stumbled across this.
84' Olympics with a heli twist.
http://www.tecaeromex.com/ingles/RH-i.htm
my question is, if the rocket tip blades quit on you is there enough blade to perform any kind of auto rotation? does the regular circa 84' jetpack have any kind of redundancy?
cheers
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Looking at the animation and pictures it doesn't look too hopeful in the event of a failure. No collective pitch etc. That said, Hydrogen Peroxide motors are very very simple and as a result very reliable. The rocketbelt uses the same motor technology and there has never been a motor failure. And, at least with the rocketbelt, the flight time has never exceeded 30 seconds so the probability drops dramatically. Looks fun though!
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I wouldn't. It doesn't allow the pilot enough flexibility to bend over and kiss his *ss goodbye.
This has much in common with other strap-on devices. If you put it on, someone is going to get fu
ed! 
ed!
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I wouldn't want to strap myself to that but its a good video to show the effects of downwash though!!
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