• Canadian inventor makes the FLUDD a reality
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[img]http://www.flightschoollist.com/aviation-articles/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/water-powered-jet-pack-jetlev.jpg[/img] [quote][b]London (CNN)[/b] -- Bored of jet skis? Banana boat rides not floating your boat anymore? Well, this summer you could be whizzing around on a Jetlev, a new water-powered jetpack. It's taken over 10 years for its Canadian inventor, Raymond Li, to realize his dream and see his jetpack go on sale, but judging by the pictures it looks well worth the wait. The Jetlev has three main components -- a lightweight carbon fiber backpack, a 10-meter hose and an engine unit which floats on the water. [url=http://www.jetlev-flyer.com/en/65482-Jetlev-Flyer/]Watch the Jetlev in action[/url] The engine sucks water up through the hose and forces it through two adjustable nozzles on the backpack, creating up to 500 pounds of thrust, say Jetlev's German-based manufacturers, MS Watersports GmbH. Small adjustments to the hand controls allow pilots to control the speed -- a maximum of 35 kph (22 mph) -- and your height, which rises to a maximum of 10 meters (30 feet), according to the manufacturers. The Jetlev was showcased at the Dusseldorf Boat Show at the end of January and will be making an appearance at the Dubai International Boat Show in March, says Alexander Theis, head of marketing at MS Watersports GmbH. Theis says orders are already coming in from the Middle East as well as from private buyers in Russia and Portugal. A price tag of €100,000 ($136,000) probably makes this a jetpack only affordable to the jet set, but Theis says the company is exploring leasing opportunities with holiday resorts and charter yacht companies.[/quote] [url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/02/03/jetpack.jetlev.water.sports/index.html]Source[/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXEK6m4ZxNQ[/media] The Jetlev in action Here's the FLUDD for anyone who didn't catch the reference: [media]http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/extra/GAMES/large/mariosgc_006-large.jpg[/media]
May as well just make a helicopter backpack for that price, that'd be way cooler.
Well, gee, wealthy people must be excited for this :colbert:
Don't worry guys, in a few years once the company has turned a stable profit they can start marketing it to businesses as a rental thing.
I suppose they have to make the amount of money that they put into researching and testing to make sure it's safe back
Seems fun but useless
So how long untill it's banned in Australia?
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;27865362]Seems fun but useless[/QUOTE] Any water sport is fun, but useless.
10 meter hose... there goes all the fun [editline]4th February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=AtomiC0l;27865401]Any water sport is fun, but useless.[/QUOTE] not the kind i do
Love to try that out :D
[QUOTE=AtomiC0l;27865401]Any water sport is fun, but useless.[/QUOTE] women's swim teams [editline]4th February 2011[/editline] that's right you got nothing
fuck i want the rocket version
i want one now.
[QUOTE=Toothpick;27865932]fuck i want the rocket version[/QUOTE] I bet if you aim the nozzles backwards you can run across the surface of the water
:canada:
[img]http://www.gamershell.com/static/screenshots/6896/131491_full.jpg[/img] Game of the year, all years.
It's not real and has been exposed to be a fake, if you look at the first and second you can sort of see the wires at the top. Lazy photoshopping makes for bad hoaxes.
[QUOTE=uberbabetron;27866944]It's not real and has been exposed to be a fake, if you look at the first and second you can sort of see the wires at the top. Lazy photoshopping makes for bad hoaxes.[/QUOTE] If they were using Photoshop why wouldn't they have removed the "wires" you speak of?
Super Mario sunshine!
[QUOTE=uberbabetron;27866944]It's not real and has been exposed to be a fake, if you look at the first and second you can sort of see the wires at the top. Lazy photoshopping makes for bad hoaxes.[/QUOTE] Did they photoshop the entire video in the OP too?!
[QUOTE=uberbabetron;27866944]It's not real and has been exposed to be a fake, if you look at the first and second you can sort of see the wires at the top. Lazy photoshopping makes for bad hoaxes.[/QUOTE] /youtube-user
I wish i could buy 1
Mass produce these and become a global group of vigilante graffiti cleaners.
[QUOTE=uberbabetron;27866944]It's not real and has been exposed to be a fake, if you look at the first and second you can sort of see the wires at the top. Lazy photoshopping makes for bad hoaxes.[/QUOTE] Yes and stupid people ignore stuff they don't want to see. There's a video in OP, and looking at the "wire" in the first image, it looks more like a JPEG artifact.
Aim one nozzle forward, one backward [IMG]http://garryspin.com/garryspin.gif[/IMG] Only at warp speed I now want one even more [editline]5th February 2011[/editline] And what happens if a fish gets into the pipe?
[QUOTE=uberbabetron;27866944]It's not real and [U][B]has been exposed to be a fake[/B][/U][/QUOTE] Better give some links to prove it before spouting such stupid shit [editline]5th February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=kaze4159;27869381]And what happens if a fish gets into the pipe?[/QUOTE] Then the whole thing explodes
[QUOTE=Raiskauskone V2;27869394] Then the whole thing explodes[/QUOTE] I can imagine the fish blocking one of the ports, making the other one twice the speed and flinging you into a corkscew
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;27865212]May as well just make a helicopter backpack for that price, that'd be way cooler.[/QUOTE] The blades would scare me.
So, it's just a useless toy for rich people.
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12875849/reactions/Shut-up-and-take-my-money.jpg[/img] Fuck driving license.
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