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General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: Plane on April 29, 2008, 06:21:14 PM

Title: I would like to have one
Post by: Plane on April 29, 2008, 06:21:14 PM

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=rocket-pack

(http://www.sciam.com/media/inline/9B930F51-E797-CDE8-A239AC9BECA279EB_1.jpg)

Title: Re: I would like to have one
Post by: Rich on April 29, 2008, 06:29:11 PM

Weren't we all supposed to have them by now?

Title: Re: I would like to have one
Post by: Plane on April 29, 2008, 06:54:04 PM

Quote from: Rich on April 29, 2008, 06:29:11 PM

Weren't we all supposed to have them by now?

Start saveing up the price.

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In January, Thunderbolt Aerosystems, Inc., a Mountain View, Calif., maker of both rocket and jet packs, unveiled plans to develop by the middle of 2009 a jet-powered device called THUNDERJET, which the company claims will be able to stay in the air for up to 35 minutes. If successful, THUNDERJET could be a candidate for a host of defense, commercial and personal purposes, says Thunderbolt founder Carmelo Amarena, including support for military missions, disaster relief efforts and border patrol. "My goal is not to replicate the original rocket belt," he adds, but rather to develop a jet pack that makes personal flight available to the masses.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=jet-pack

Title: Re: I would like to have one
Post by: Stray Pooch on April 30, 2008, 04:45:38 AM

Which do you think will kill it, over-regulation or litigation?

Title: Re: I would like to have one
Post by: Xavier_Onassis on April 30, 2008, 05:13:49 AM

We should give these to Juniorbush and Cheney as going away-presents.

Title: Re: I would like to have one
Post by: kimba1 on April 30, 2008, 11:49:53 PM

very interesting
instead of rockets,use turbines to lengthen the time