Jetpack soon available
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<a href="http://www.martinjetpack.com/" target="_blank">Martin Jetpacks</a>
I must have one.
<a href="http://www.martinjetpack.com/" target="_blank">Martin Jetpacks</a>
I must have one.
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Why?
to fly.
It doesn't look like you really have any speed, it's blazing loud, and you just kind of sit there... It's not like you're really flying. You're just sitting outside the helicopter.
And with rush hour traffic on the way home, i might as well walk anyways. Might as well do it in style haha. Don't think I'd ever want to spend $100k for one though.
On the other side, it only has a 5 gallon tank, and it uses 10 gallons per hour... so it can only run for half an hour, tops.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0snTqLQLpBA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0snTqLQLpBA</a>
Not exactly the same, but as far as having fun with a jetpack goes, this one seems pretty sufficient while being much safer and usable than others.
Wait until they become popular. I'm sure you'll find plenty of secondhand units with new paint. Only used once.
Even if they become a real possibility, and affordable to the average guy, the sheer regulation of so many people flying around in the air would be a nightmare. I can't see them ever being legalised.
Even if they become a real possibility, and affordable to the average guy, the sheer regulation of so many people flying around in the air would be a nightmare. I can't see them ever being legalised.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm thinking, by the time such things are a technical and economic possibility, the AI needed for them to pilot themselves would certainly be available. Then we wouldn't have to worry about stupid humans crashing them!
No then we have to worry about Skynet!
I'm sure Skynet has our best interests in mind.
Plus, we can't know for sure unless we test it!
This propeller-pack is bad for humanity!!!
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0snTqLQLpBA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0snTqLQLpBA</a>
Not exactly the same, but as far as having fun with a jetpack goes, this one seems pretty sufficient while being much safer and usable than others.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Reminds me of this:
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Never mind that it looks fake as hell, it's still funny. >_>
Wait until they become popular. I'm sure you'll find plenty of secondhand units with new paint. Only used once.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Light aircraft are not necessarily expensive due to the cost of building something that works like a car, they are expensive in large part due to the regulation and required maintenance involved (every part needs to be cataloged, engines need regular overhauls etc.)
This also means aircraft hold there value very well.
A J-3 Cub which was the Model T of aviation would cost around $1,500 in 1940 ($25,000 in 2010 dollars) will cost you about $25,000 today.
Even if they become a real possibility, and affordable to the average guy, the sheer regulation of so many people flying around in the air would be a nightmare. I can't see them ever being legalised.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Once it comes to that, airspace will be as regulated and enforced as road travel is today. Congested airspace will have to be divided into certain corridors of direction and speed, a lot like commercial flight paths. I leave you with this:
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It's hard enough to stop people speeding past/through traffic jams or slow cars as it is. And that's just when they can to the left or the right of cars.
If they can go to the left, right, above or below the car they want to pass, it's going to get ridiculous. You can put as many rules in place as you like, but until you've got flying cars that will fly themselves with extremely minimal input from the driver, they're going to be a safety nightmare.
Instead it could skip having traffic jams and such, because as it is 3d space (actually would be good in 2d aswell) a very advanced monitoring system could controll each car and make people reach their destination safely without any delays.
I doubt we get flying cars that anyone can drive though, I bet that if it will be flying cars at all, it will be like busses for people and bigger cargo trucks for goods (the kind that is almost so big it cant enter any city, but have to hover above and let small drones deliver the goods). Not to mention small drones to handle just about anything from repairs to handle agriculture and whatever kind of job we might need in the future.
Then the humans all work as scientists, supervised by robots that force them to be healthy and happy (sad? well then they shoot you with automated lazer beams).
The future of my dreams XD. The flying drone part, not the need to travel by cars.
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<div align='center'>that thing is quite powerful </div>
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thing looks awesomly fun.. 200 - 300HP engine , $128,000 - $139,500 USD holy crap
you can buy a ###### sports plane for that, or build one yourself for half the money :p
And that is also a real jetpack, a waterjet unlike mr propellorpack up top... Or is that an airjet?