http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/ Engadget Comments for Martin Jetpack public test flights taking off in early 2010 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 3rd 2009 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/
Pilot: Must weigh between 63.5kg and 108.9kg

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Oh wait, it's expensive.]]>Aug 2nd 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Perhaps you can volunteer to guard the town borders, for 10 minutes until the fuel runs out, you'd have to use clever mathematical formulas to determine the exact time the border is at risk of.. erm.. being stolen?

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/patriotism
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and it will feel REALLY fast when you're only 3 feet off the ground..]]>Aug 2nd 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/
It will be a far cry from flying at 100km/h, which is the capability planned for the jetpack that will eventually be sold to the public."

Haha, sure, sold to the public, must be public in a strange country without regulation and where people are very skilled and not accident prone and where they still have top-notch medical facilities but not many trees or buildings or poles standing around but where there's always five people around to hoist you in the thing, I'm thinking the royal estate of the queen maybe?]]>Aug 2nd 2009 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/
most americans can't even handle driving a car!]]>Aug 2nd 2009 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/
That would be the Bell Aerosystems rocket pack, with a flight time of only 30 seconds. That's the reason this thing is a big deal; it can fly for thirty *minutes* because it uses ducted fans instead of rocket fuel for thrust, and those fans run off a highly efficient internal combustion engine. Hence it's bigger and clunkier but it flies for *much* longer on a tank of fuel, and that's regular, affordable gasoline rather than the expensive chemical fuel that rocket packs use.

This may not be as small as you'd prefer, but like it or not it's a huge technological leap ahead of rocket packs in terms of performance and price. ]]>Aug 2nd 2009 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/Aug 2nd 2009 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/
No I know, I know... give em to the Cops here... how cool would that be? Machine guns and rocet launcers still... and Tazers. Oooo and a robot arm with a trudgen. Pops out the side. Shhhhick! Wallop wallop wallop...zap zzzzzz!

I should get a petition or something going...]]>Aug 3rd 2009 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/02/martin-jetpack-public-test-flights-taking-off-in-early-2010/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TBndcBjQFM

I find some of the comments here quite funny and out of date. It may be worth watching the you tube video linked above. Note this is now old footage as it was filmed in April. This clearly shows the pilot isn't being lifted. It also clearly shows unassisted flight. The speeds and heights shown in the video are very similar to what you'll experience in the Jetpack Experience venture.

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