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Buy Your Very Own Exoskeleton Flying Vehicle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dropping-in-on-your-friends dept.

dks writes "Yahoo! News is running a story about a personal flying machine originally developed for the military that straps on an individual's back and allows her to fly around for over two hours at a time. The prototype is now up for auction on eBay. The only catch--you have to agree not to operate the vehicle if you purchase it. Uh...yeah...I'm just buying it for display. Yeah, that's it."

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  1. Re:I don't know... by Kierthos · · Score: 4, Interesting

    With 71 bids so far, it's obvious that some people would. Of course, it's amazing what some people would rather have then money. (Oh, and did anyone else notice that it was retired from service in the summer of 2002? What's it been doing since then other then gathering dust?)

    Kierthos

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  2. Loophole? by The+Creator · · Score: 5, Interesting


    How about someone buys this thing and then sells it to me and then I fly it?

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  3. Re:Other countries... by SirSlud · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How do you think international business could function if contracts couldn't be held across borders?!

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  4. Re:Why? by mcgintech · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The agreement isn't with the FAA. The agreement is with the seller. I'm pretty sure that this company is not a rep for the FAA. This is simply a CYA move and nothing more. It the buyer flies it and the FAA comes down on them, it still has nothing to do with the seller or any agreement between the buyer and seller.

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  5. It doesn't work... by blahlemon · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Well, rather the version that is being sold doesn't work. CBC radio did an interview with the CEO of the company and ask how they plan to keep the person from flying the devise. He said that the company was removing critical systems to keep the buyer honest.

    The focus of the sale is in the hopes of it being used for an educational purpose, ie: placed in a technology center or a science museum...or a very rich school board. He didn't get into why they were selling it, at least I didn't hear him get into it.

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