Those jetpacks we ordered in the 1930s finally showed up ....

[CountryGent]

Actually pretty neat-o what emergency services applications these might have.

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[Decker]

Woohoo. Take my money already!

 

[cigars]

Those smarmy Brits with their fancy flyin' machines and their magic smoke sticks.....

 

[TorchRedTulsan]

That's incredibly cool. With 5 turbines that each appear to have a specific function (not redundant), that's 5 points of critical failure. I wonder what they've done to mitigate that.

 

[TorchRedTulsan]

Those smarmy Brits with their fancy flyin' machines and their magic smoke sticks.....

To be fair, it was necessary they invented something like this so stranded hikers wouldn't miss their afternoon tea. Necessity is the mother and all that

 

[Certaindeaf]

Send in the drones, man.
Too many moto, horse, yada yada wrecks for this fella so nope.

 

[cigars]

To be fair, it was necessary they invented something like this so stranded hikers wouldn't miss their afternoon tea. Necessity is the mother and all that

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[40Garand]

Who's the second jetpack in to scrape the first jet pack off the rocks in a mishap?

 

[The Heretic]

To be fair, it was necessary they invented something like this so stranded hikers wouldn't miss their afternoon tea. Necessity is the mother and all that

If it was someone who needed immediate first aid to save their life, and a helo was too far away, I could see it. But I am sure that at this point in time it would take a very skilled and experienced pilot, plus it would probably have limited use and be expensive.

 

[DB is Here]

Pretty sweet in that topography.

 

[Tony617]

That's incredibly cool. With 5 turbines that each appear to have a specific function (not redundant), that's 5 points of critical failure. I wonder what they've done to mitigate that.

Maybe the jet pack has a parachute?

 

[3MTA3]

Personally not buying it. No way could you control thrusters that powerful with your hands, speaking of which would be charcoal after a few minutes of flight. Even if you could control the force without breaking wrists and elbows or dislocating shoulders, there is no way you could store enough fuel in the pack. I do appreciate the blinking lights on the pack, though, makes it look high techish.

 

[albin25]

Does the pilot fly in with a box of band-aids, and then leave the injured party to get himself to safety?...
... in other words, what's the payload?

But, if it's the only way to get help in ... it does put another tool in the box.
Heck, maybe in a few years we'll be wondering how we managed without it!

 

[Tony617]

Makes me think of the old Commando Cody movies with a helmet and rocket pack.

Commando Cody - Wikipedia

 

[s1xty7]

Personally not buying it. No way could you control thrusters that powerful with your hands, speaking of which would be charcoal after a few minutes of flight. Even if you could control the force without breaking wrists and elbows or dislocating shoulders, there is no way you could store enough fuel in the pack. I do appreciate the blinking lights on the pack, though, makes it look high techish.

A little bit of the build up to this: How I built a jet suit

Link from the YouTube description of the previous video.

Apparently this has been going on for awhile. Where have I been?

 

[TorchRedTulsan]

plus it would probably have limited use and be expensive.

When has that stopped governments from spending our money? You and your fiscally responsible logic.

Maybe the jet pack has a parachute?

I hope he gets the other jets turned off before the single failed engine puts him in an unrecoverable spiral. Talk to me Goose

 

[oldcorpgunny]

Is there a a method for inflight refueling? Are there hard points for bomb and rocket loading? Does it have a decent machine gun? Does it have a rope starter?

 

[asiparks]

Personally not buying it. No way could you control thrusters that powerful with your hands, speaking of which would be charcoal after a few minutes of flight. Even if you could control the force without breaking wrists and elbows or dislocating shoulders, there is no way you could store enough fuel in the pack. I do appreciate the blinking lights on the pack, though, makes it look high techish.

you sound like you know what you're talking about, so cool....

more fake news, then, from those handsome, full trousered chaps with the great teeth.....

Jet suit paramedic takes Lake District test flight

Inventor Richard Browning puts potentially life-saving suit through its paces in ‘groundbreaking exercise’

www.theguardian.com

Jet pack paramedic suit tested in the Lake District that can get to patients in minutes

The technology could be used to get to injured people on the mountains in seconds, rather than rescue teams trekking to them.

news.sky.com

Anyway, shouldn't you be out gathering more wood for your cave fire ?

 

[Helocat]

That's incredibly cool. With 5 turbines that each appear to have a specific function (not redundant), that's 5 points of critical failure. I wonder what they've done to mitigate that.

Extra brits

Who's the second jetpack in to scrape the first jet pack off the rocks in a mishap?

Again, extra brits.

If it was someone who needed immediate first aid to save their life, and a helo was too far away, I could see it. But I am sure that at this point in time it would take a very skilled and experienced pilot, plus it would probably have limited use and be expensive.

Cool idea but you would need to know exactly where your going, I bet the fuel burn is huge so no time to just go looking around and get back to the LZ. At 20' off the deck, not going to see much. If they know where the person is, just have a PJ jump in there from a fixed-wing for 10x the skill and 1/2 the cost.

Maybe the jet pack has a parachute?

Way to low to the ground for a parachute to be effective. Probably just comes with a toe tag for the user.

 

[Helocat]

Half a million

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/05/23/he-bought-a-440000-gravity-jet-suit-and-discovered-flying-is-not-easy.html