This guy is amazing, did you see the vid of his test flight in switzerland(?).
I just want to hear him say "to infinity and beyond" just once.
I just want to hear him say "to infinity and beyond" just once.
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I am not qualified to give the above advice!
The original point and click interface by
Smith and Wesson.
Step back, have a think and adjust my own own attitude from time to time -
How come he doesn't burn his ar5e on the jet exhausts?Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."Comment
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from BBC news
Pilot postpones jetpack adventure
A Swiss pilot's attempt to become the first person to fly solo across the English Channel using a single jet-propelled wing has been delayed.
Yves Rossy aimed to make the 22-mile (35.4 km) flight from Calais to Dover on Thursday, but his attempt was postponed because of bad weather.
The former military pilot plans to repeat the attempt on Friday.The proud owner of 125 Xeno Geek PointsComment
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The jets are mounted on the wings either side of him.Originally posted by Alf W View Post
The unpowered version of this has already been done. That guy jumped from 30,000 feet though, not 8,200."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Using the figures in the second link; height 2,500 m and distance to cover 35,000 m, means a glide ratio of 1 in 14. Just about feasible with a hang glider I'd have thought. A 747 too. And a car (on sloping ground). His device doesn't have the finesse of a hang-glider though. A sailpane (finess of 60) could glide 4 times that distance from that height.Originally posted by Spacecadet View PostComment
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He could go on indefinitely if he used a paraglide wing, someone must have invented a deployable one by now?Originally posted by Churchill View PostGlide Ratio?
From 8,200 feet ability to glide 23 miles? I don't think so!
Do you get thermals over the sea??Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."Comment
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read 4 posts above yours..
keep up at the back
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so he's it today (or has done it...).
is he dead yet?I didn't say it was your ******* fault, I said I was blaming you!Comment
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Live feed on the BBC now"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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