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Personal Jet Pack for X-mas!

Posted by michael on from the darwin-awards dept.

teamhasnoi writes "This guy has spent mucho time and money building a ducted fan 'jet pack'. No faking for this guy, it looks like there is some real technology there. Now he just needs a sponsor."

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  1. How much has he spent? by rossifer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Any guesses? I'm thinking somewhere in the high six figures. That's a *lot* of work on that inlet/fan. It's a pity the exhaust eyelets are such Rube Goldberg contraptions. I'd be willing to bet that there's another seven figure to be spent before the first loon would be willing to take a ride in it. Depending on how well that money was spent, it could be me... :) Regards, Ross

  2. Um, what? by autopr0n · · Score: 3, Interesting

    All he's doing is testing the engine, if I were building something pretty much unprecedented, and place my own life in it's hands, I'd make damn sure it was safe. I think almost anyone would, German or not.

    That said, I'm sure ford does spend lots of time on safety features, although the engines they use aren't spinning nearly as fast (like 8-11krmp max) and are based on tried and true designs.

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    autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
  3. reassured by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Being a mechanical engineer, I have to admit that this is some very impressive engineering. Knowing that there are people out there doing stuff like this on their spare time, makes me feel reassured that we will be ok after all.

    I will probably get mod. redundant for this one..