Go to work on a Jetpack?

If you look at today's (Wednesday, July 30, 2008) "Today Show," you can see a video of it flying. Look for the video which is entitled, "Leaving on a jetpack."

Is that a new KrisDel^TM product?

Would that mean it's CAT-astrophic!!!

I would quickly die if I I had one of these, even though it's not really a jet.

I'd be like, "let's see what this puppy can do", or, hey guys, watch this!"

Brick hits 187mph, promptly smashes into building, (tree, ocean, ground, whatever).

Nothing left but orange powder.

Reminds me of the Mythbusters episode that used plans off the internet to build the exact same thing. The attempt was loud and rather dangerous.

Although their's never got off the ground due to low power-to-weight ratio, this look a little lighter, but still noisy, unstable and dangerous (there is no running-on-single-engine redundancy here unless a parachute is employed).

Still that is what prototypes are for. I will wait until they can build one that is much safer and more stable.

What's happened to the Wright Brothers spirit? (or didn't it get to your hemisphere ?).

Are the two guys on the ground holding the tethers necessary to control this thing?

Of course not! This is the Limo version!

Interesing one pack,

but I remember one similar set showed in the opening ceremoney of Atlantic Olympic games in USA. it seems a rocket lift. very wonderful for fire performance.

and I was told that the such set will be appeared in very recent aerospace exibition.

One can report us if he has a chance to the aerospace show.

Yeah, the silence of it when the volume is turned off. Deafening. You wouldn't want to come home late with one of those. Does it actually come with the two blokes attached? I wonder.

This would be a hoot until it broke ... I guess they had to tear out the pages in the owner's manual about "auto-rotation in the event of a power failure". OR WORSE, can you imagine the unfortunate aerobatics if one side failed, or just became a little out of synchronization from the other ... WHOO HOOO. And, as the old song said, "long-haired freaky people need not apply" ... the helmet is basically to keep someone's long locks from getting sucked into those intakes ... OUCH.

FUN? I'll bet! AND, it would make one hell of a leaf-blower Hazardous to one's health? Without a doubt! Can you imagine a zillion people on the aerial-expressway all going to work at the same time?

If this 'jet pack' tickles your fancy, you might be interested in this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd99ziWFF7Q

It's real and it works and is relatively safe (as flying things with rapidly spinning knife-like things go) ... counter-rotating blades so no tail rotor ... easy to fly ... it DOES have a little problem on windy days because it's so light, but, HEY, it's still cool.

ZOOM ZOOM

Regards ...

Going to work? Your employer would need one helluva coat rack.

No thanks, not enough range to do me much good... _<damnit!>