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Cliff

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Mar 11, 2010, 1:03:30 AM3/11/10
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http://www.gizmag.com/first-commercially-available-jetpack/14423/

"The Jetpack achieves with 30 minutes of flight time .."

Ken Moffett

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Mar 11, 2010, 7:24:13 AM3/11/10
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Cliff <Clhuprich...@aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote in
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> http://www.gizmag.com/first-commercially-available-jetpack
> /14423/

>
> "The Jetpack achieves with 30 minutes of flight time .."
>

Kind of feels like PhotoShop. 30 minutes of flight...and no
video?

Ken

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Pete Keillor

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Mar 11, 2010, 10:44:25 AM3/11/10
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On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:17:55 -0600, "David Courtney"
<adv...@powercom.net> wrote:

>"Ken Moffett" <KLMo...@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:Xns9D384124...@216.151.153.61...

> It's real... it was here in Oshkosh during the EAA.
> Videos are here: http://www.martinjetpack.com/video-gallery.aspx
> It's more of a "ducted-fan" pack than a "jet" pack, but they did design
>and build there own 200hp two-stroke engine.
>
>
Wow, no thanks. That's a lot more like strapping yourself to a car as
the front bumper than a "pack".

Pete Keillor

Wes

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Mar 13, 2010, 5:38:20 PM3/13/10
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Pete Keillor <keill...@chartermi.net> wrote:

>> It's real... it was here in Oshkosh during the EAA.
>> Videos are here: http://www.martinjetpack.com/video-gallery.aspx
>> It's more of a "ducted-fan" pack than a "jet" pack, but they did design
>>and build there own 200hp two-stroke engine.
>>
>>
>Wow, no thanks. That's a lot more like strapping yourself to a car as
>the front bumper than a "pack".

What is the power out glide ratio? vForward/vDown ? Sounds like zero to me. I'll pass.

Wes

steamer

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Mar 14, 2010, 2:58:13 PM3/14/10
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--Nice but I think I like that one with the high pressure water
pumps better, if only because single-point-failure is less catastrophic.
Imagine sucking a bird into Martin's newfangled contraption!

--
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Hacking the Trailing Edge! : $23,000/yr!! ...
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---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

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