Jet Packs. Special Forces Have a New Tool
So Do Lone Wolves, "Assymetrics", and Wealthy Thrill Seekers
From concept craft just a few years back, human jet suits have reached the mass production stage.
The suits can run on jet fuel, diesel, or kerosene. Users can travel as fast as 80 mph and reach an altitude of 12,000 feet. However, both pilots in the video performed maneuvers at lower heights for safety purposes.
In the near future, jetpacks will likely be deployed with special forces units on the modern battlefield. The Brits have already been flying theirs around.
The manufacturer, Gravity Inc, “worked with the Joint Prototyping and Experimentation Maritime program at Naval Surface Warfare Center to conduct multiple mock exercises with the jetpacks, including rapid transit from shore-to-sea and sea-to-shore missions.”
Each jetpack is powered by five micro jet turbines that generate about 1,000 horsepower.
If you want to try a civilian version this summer, check this out:
Here's a simulated medic search and rescue for a lost UK climber
What do you think? Game changer or just another cool invention?
Personally, I'm still saving up for my first wingsuit, which is starting to seem like positively “old school” tech now.
Still, I doubt anything can beat the natural “high” these guys are getting. Watch
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Do NOT run out of gas!
This tech would favor strong but smaller weight people, maybe even women instead of men just for the pounds saved. And I thought ultralight planes were minimalistic, this is crazy. Probably more efficient than a robot dog, but why a human instead of just a drone (to search for missing hikers for instance). Waaaay cheaper to use a drone and no loss of life if there is an air bubble in the gas line.