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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. 1st by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1st post!

  2. Mod parent up, you worthless moderator fucks! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is the funniest fucking post for the whole article!

    -Cowboi Squeal

  3. Imagine... by aben · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    a Beowulf cluster of those

  4. kkkl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    booyah!! huunter catches cake again!

  5. Man, I submitted this yesterday... by bort27 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hate that.

    Bort.

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  6. Do NOT by QEDog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "... so, those are the things you need to do to start it on. If you have more questions from now on, please, do not raise your hand."

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  7. Been Around for Ages by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've seen these plans on Ebay a couple years ago.

    Many people buy them and give seemingly good reviews. But, when you ask the buyers, they will tell you it's BS, the plans are a joke.

    Basically, the thing with dual metalic engines weighs a lot and could crush your spine. Also, the only evidence showing flight is a video of one guy stuck on a Solotrek tethered to a high tensil cable which seems to be hoisting it up (in other words, he's not flying but being strung up like a puppet).

    Total BS!