Oh Happy Day! Jet Packs Are Here!

[zenjim]

All we need now are the underwater cities:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/safe-and-affordable-jetpack-just-90000/

A 2 liter V4 2 stroke! 200 hp @ 6k rpm:

http://www.martinjetpack.com/

Way cooler than a Desmocedici

[Slide Panda]

http://www.martinjetpack.com/technical-information.aspx

63mph, with a max alt of 8000K feet... and 30 minutes of running time...

[Speedbag]

**sigh**

Yet another for the List of Cool Stuff I Can't Afford.

[zenjim]

http://www.martinjetpack.com/technical-information.aspx

63mph, with a max alt of 8000K feet... and 30 minutes of running time...

If I had 90k my check would be in the mail.

60 mph at 800 feet would be awesome!

[acalles]

Ok, so if the maximum hight is 8k feet, and I live at near 8k feet altitude does that mean it won't work for me?

[zarn02]

Neato.

(Though I dispute it being labeled "affordable." )

[Monster Dave]

OK, well I still like the 1970s-80's version better:



You know the really dangerous ones!!!

[zarn02]

Ok, so if the maximum hight is 8k feet, and I live at near 8k feet altitude does that mean it won't work for me?

Yes.

For you it is an expensive way to roll down hills.

[acalles]

Yes.

For you it is an expensive way to roll down hills.

man, that sucks, I totally had $90,000 just for a jetpack, but it needs a operational celling of at least 15k feet.

actually, I would probably wreck that thing into some power lines.

[mookieo2]

For 90k you could buy a small airplane.

[Buckethead]

And for the price of an 1198, you could buy a small car. 

[superjohn]

For 90k you could buy a small airplane.

But landing a small airplane in my office parking lot would be problematic.

[Airborne]

I saw a demo this thing at Oshkosh 2008, the inventor's 16 year old son was flying it.

It looks like it works alot better now.

Martin Jetpack flight demonstration April 2009

It also has a ballistic chute for when the engine quits.

[lethe]

That thing has to get way smaller and quieter before any of us can seriously use it for superhero duty.

[Adamm0621]

I would seriously fly that thing to work.