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Yup. It doesn't get much more radical then this.
thenewgreen · 4527 days ago · link ·
is this real? Every jet-pack video I ever see is so disappointing. This is the first time it looks completely bad-ass!
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He's even got his own TEDtalk. http://tinyurl.com/7uqfbcr
Now it's time to fight some Nazis! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8mwY6yAFCA
As cool as this is, it really isn't racing the jets...nor could he. His body is essentially the fuselage of the aircraft. It would not be able to withstand the same limits as an Albatros which can hit upwards of 405 knots or about 635 feet per second. His maximum speed is 125 mph and the jets stall speed at full weight is about 91 kts, or say 105 mph. Meaning that for the jets to even fly next to this guy, they were flying just over the speed that keeps them from sinking like a stone.
Very cool video and certainly an achievement in aeronautics, but a race it is not.
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thenewgreen · 4527 days ago · link ·
I never assumed they were sincerely "racing", but it is pretty cool..don't you think?
I bet it's a pretty short lived flight due to fuel supply.
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He's blasting through the atmosphere with a rocket strapped to his back...Of course it's cool! I would be up there in a New York minute if I had the chance. I hope that I didn't leave anyone with the impression that I was brushing this event off as insignificant. I was hoping to illustrate what it was, and what it wasn't.