Jan 24 2008Jet Wing: Not A Jetpack But I'll Still Take It
We've posted different jetpacks here before, and let's face it, jetpacks are awesome as hell. We also posted the Vampire 2 Wingsuit, which was pretty sweet in its own way. And now comes a sort of hybrid of the two, the Personal Jet Wing.
Basically you jump out of a plane with this thing strapped on and glide to an altitude around 8,000 feet. Then you kick on the engines and about 30 seconds later you're stabilized and flying horizontally. After ignition you reach speeds in excess of 115MPH and have enough juice to fly for 4-6 minutes. While that doesn't sound like a whole lot, I imagine it's more than sufficient time to fill your entire flight suit with excrement.
Check out a video (in French and German) after the jump. The flying starts around 3:00.
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DO WANT: Personal Jet Wing [ohgizmo]
Reader Comments
1. Mr Orange - January 24, 2008 1:16 PM
That is freakin awesom. I want one
2. alexeyt - January 24, 2008 3:12 PM
That is crazy awesome! I want one so bad now....
3. guate6 - January 24, 2008 3:35 PM
Hah, that's pretty damn cool.
4. Guano - January 24, 2008 5:00 PM
First time in a long time that I openly laughed at the writeup. "4-6 minutes to fill your flight suit with excrement". That will have me laughing for 2 days. Awesome.
5. Christina - January 24, 2008 6:18 PM
This is rather like Ace McCloud of the "Centurions" cartoon from the 1980s!
6. white person - January 24, 2008 6:58 PM
any black people here?
7. yea - January 24, 2008 10:05 PM
im really glad the video was there cause i was really questioning where the parachute was...
8. Baskotoiea - January 25, 2008 2:10 AM
ITS TIME TO PLAY--- NAME THAT SONG!
seriously, anyone know the song playing in the latter half?
9. DJ CJ - January 25, 2008 12:10 PM
@ #6. Im black from the waist down.
10. Three - January 25, 2008 12:16 PM
Fake! Can you see the green screen line around him?
Just kidding. It looks awesome and if all of humanity are not travelling like this by 2010, I declare "The Future" a dismal failure.
11. groonk - January 26, 2008 9:47 PM
sweet f***, YES
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13. Drew m - February 18, 2011 7:46 PM
@10
well this is awkward...