Core77 recently posted a new video of the "Jetman" crossing the English Channel with his own fuel powered jetpack. The New Zealand creator, Glenn Martin, made a jet pack that allows him to basically fly. He uses his body to move about and determine the direction that he is going.
I saw a youtube video of this guy flying his jetpack over the Alps earlier in the year. This has to be the coolest invention. Ever since it was possible, flying has been a fascination by humans. We have planes that can carry hundreds of passengers across an ocean... but before this jet pack, I have never seen a one-person flying machine. This literally transforms him as a human into someone who can take on the abilities of a bird.
"The carbon composite-wing weighs about 121 pounds (55 kilograms) when loaded with fuel, and carried four kerosene-burning jet turbines that kept him aloft. The wing had no steering devices -- Rossy moved his body to control its movements."
http://www.core77.com/blog/technology/rocket_man_10656.asp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSnWbBjesRQ
I saw a youtube video of this guy flying his jetpack over the Alps earlier in the year. This has to be the coolest invention. Ever since it was possible, flying has been a fascination by humans. We have planes that can carry hundreds of passengers across an ocean... but before this jet pack, I have never seen a one-person flying machine. This literally transforms him as a human into someone who can take on the abilities of a bird.
"The carbon composite-wing weighs about 121 pounds (55 kilograms) when loaded with fuel, and carried four kerosene-burning jet turbines that kept him aloft. The wing had no steering devices -- Rossy moved his body to control its movements."
http://www.core77.com/blog/technology/rocket_man_10656.asp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSnWbBjesRQ
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