Jetpacks.. Reality When?

[Shadow of Chaos]

anyone have any ideas at all when jetpacks will be useable by anyone in public?.. They have been around for ages its just we never got opportunity for some reason.. if they have them all this time then why arent they for sale yet? :rolleyes:

 

[Nova]

anyone have any ideas at all when jetpacks will be useable by anyone in public?.. They have been around for ages its just we never got opportunity for some reason.. if they have them all this time then why arent they for sale yet? :rolleyes:

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Cos Ladies in skirts cant use 'em

 

[Hanz™]

Because people would fly really high into the sky, and there would be casualties.
And also there is practically no demand for them.

 

[moz]

current public versions only last for about 60 secs

 

[Fishbong]

Aren´t they just Sci-fi ?
Would´t you burn your ass ?
Wouldn´t they be far too dangerous to become a legal product?
Would you buy une if they´d cost about 5000$ without having any real use?

Are you Duke Nukem ?

 

[Titcher]

They don't actually burn fuel as such, they displace heat and whatever, so you see no fire, but you're forced upwards.

 

[kknd_cf]

I want one, how much?

 

[LHC]

http://travel.howstuffworks.com/personal-jetpack.htm

Unfortunately, the "Shop or compare prices" section leaves no results.

And apparently they abandoned the promising Solotrek design as it was too costly.

 

[Fishbong]

OK, that site anwers my questions. So no rockets here that would threaten my ass.

Those Exo- Skeletor jetpacks would be great for Dr. Robotnik cosplay .

 

[Mark]

http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/31501/

 

[Nova]

Bloody Hell!

 

[Apeiron]

Mario Sunshine?

 

[Mark]

Mario Sunshine?

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Extreme Cosplay...

 

[Klown]

anyone have any ideas at all when jetpacks will be useable by anyone in public?.. They have been around for ages its just we never got opportunity for some reason.. if they have them all this time then why arent they for sale yet? :rolleyes:

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Speaking as one of the many government scientists who post on GP32X, I can assure you that jetpack technology will be commercially viable by December 2008.

 

[Shadow of Chaos]

Jetpacks are not just in the movies, i remember in school telling someone about them.. he just laughed.

They are about, but i fear they are under constant testing.

Here is a video for you all to look at They are not science fiction Click here for the video

I dont know about you, but i'd love to have something like this.. Except maybe id like to have my life back if i accidentily ran out of fuel hundreds of feet in the air :lol:

 

[Shadow of Chaos]

Commercially viable, so in other words they may be around in that time to 2010 say? :huh:

 

[Klown]

We are looking at changing to Jetpacks completely by 2021. The best part is that we have managed to create hydrogen fuel cells so problems like peak oil and climate change are soon to be a thing of the past!

 

[scazw]

tell me you have all seen the video going arond where this japenese guy uses about 50 of those water bottle rockets as a jetpack and it works really well :blink:

 

[andius]

Someone posted a link to that video earlier in this very same thread Seems a wee bit dangerous

 

[Kop_007]

I saw a jetpack in King of Queens tonight.

When I was like 5, I thought we would have had them by now.

So, when we get jetpacks, I think to keep it in the realms of common sense, you should have to take a test to fly one.

Either that or just use it on your holodeck.