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Tethered, Water-Powered Jetpack Provides Two Hours of Flight Time

Posted by Soulskill on from the fun-on-the-lake dept.

arshadk writes "Unlike 'ordinary' jetpacks, the JetLev is actually two vehicles, tethered by a hose the thickness of your thigh. On the water is a small speedboat-like unit which contains a 250 horsepower motor and a pump. This is connected to the pack — into which you strap your frail body — by a 10-meter hose. The water is pumped from the sea or lake below up to the nozzles on the jetpack, providing a 1,900-Newton thrust, enough to lift a human weighing up to 150 kilos."

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  1. useless by MorpheusNOR · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Most useless invention ever...

  2. Rebellion against the Javascript Floaters by SuperKendall · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I liked to leave Javascript enabled by default, I really did. But the appearance of things like the floater on this page, and the sneaker adds that lurk at the bottom, randomly springing up... it's too much. Javascript across the web is now whitelisted for me.

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