eznfrank
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| posted on 13/3/10 at 07:05 PM |
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A "useable" jetpack for £50k!!!
According to this LINKY a New Zealand
company are selling jet packs with a 30 mile range which don't require a pilots licence for £50k. I want one!!!
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 13/3/10 at 07:34 PM |
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No you don't, they do not glide very well at all.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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designer
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| posted on 13/3/10 at 07:43 PM |
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You can buy a plane and learn to fly for less!!
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tegwin
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| posted on 13/3/10 at 08:15 PM |
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Thats not a jet pack though...... its a mini helicoptery ducted fan vectory thing...
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 13/3/10 at 08:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by designer
You can buy a plane and learn to fly for less!!
Really? How much less?
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Simon
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| posted on 13/3/10 at 08:53 PM |
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Well, I knew a bloke who bought a perfectly useable microlight for £750 + a couple of grand for licence.
As for "jet pack", they look like they carried on where Solotrek exoskeleton left off.
Fortunately the design is such that (in the same way Caterham can't copyright the general design of the 7) anyone will be able to make one
without copyright issues
ATB
Simon
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tegwin
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| posted on 13/3/10 at 11:28 PM |
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It seems like a very inafficient way to travel..
An airplane gets lift from the wings, a helicopter gets extra lift through translational lift of the rotor blades..
that thing will ONLY get lift from the direct input of energy to the fans... there is no aerodynamic advantage...
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 14/3/10 at 09:45 AM |
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I don't care whether it's jet or ducted fan - I want one!
Interesting to compare it to the two others - they perform short, frantic journeys and look barely in control. The last one couldn't stop
rotating.
This one looks in total control, moving round and pointing wherever the pilot wants to go. I wonder if the two black things behind the pilot's
knees have something to do with stability - they were moving continuously, even when the craft was stationary.
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tegwin
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| posted on 14/3/10 at 10:30 AM |
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I would suspect that this is the first one that uses proper computer/gyro control..... THats whats keeping it so stable... loose the computer... loose
your life lol!!!
Would be cooll... I wonder what sort of license you would need here in CAA land...
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Simon
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| posted on 14/3/10 at 06:00 PM |
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Nah, I reckon it's got inbuilt stabiliity - engine in rear, pilot in front, balanced thrust from twin fans and all the weight hanging down means
without input (in windfree area), it only wants to go up and down. Those vanes moving around will give brill control.
Have a look at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlO0RTCXUpE
for clear use of vanes and see how weel they work
ATB
Simon
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