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LAX Jetpack Man is back

Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 22:13:56 2020 No.12236168 View Reply Original Report

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https://globalnews.ca/news/7398636/jetpack-lax-airport-pilot/

How does he do it bros? Scientifically are jet packs feasible in 2020?

LAX Jetpack Man is back. This time he's flying twice as high (6,000 feet compared to the 3,000 feet back in September)

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2020 22:15:17 No.12236176 Report

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>>12236168
>LAX Jetpack Man is back. This time he's flying twice as high (6,000 feet compared to the 3,000 feet back in September)
Someone should splat him for fun

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2020 22:42:18 No.12236272 Report

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>>12236168
jet packs are real and I've seen them years ago. the jets come out of the sides of the pack tho and not right out the back. not in the version i seen anyway.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2020 23:07:12 No.12236375 Report

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>>12236272
Well yeah else you'd burn your ass and legs

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Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2020 23:12:37 No.12236404 Report

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>>12236168
>Scientifically are jet packs feasible in 2020?
In 1969 Williams International developed the X-Jet, a jet powered personal transport device thing, pic related. Not a jetpack but close enough.
In the 1984 Olympics opening ceremony in Los Angeles a man flew with a jet pack.
In 2009 a jet-powered wingsuit allowed a man to achieve level flight.
Since then jet powered wing packs (a rigid wing made of carbon composite with small turbojets attached) have been developed with increased performance.
Relatively recently Gravity Industries developed a jet suit made of a jet engine strapped on the back (with fuel tanks) and two turbojets for each hand, and as far as I know it's been turned into a commercial product, useful for search and rescue, military applications, and general entertainment.

So yes, they're definitely possible.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2020 03:00:04 No.12237031 Report

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>>12236404
The old school jet packs used 90% hydrogen peroxide decomposed with potassium permanganate. Works but they only had a flight duration of 20-30 seconds. The turbopumps on the V2 rocket were powered with steam from peroxide permanganate decomposition.

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