Posted: 10/25/2016 5:12:54 PM EDT
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Embed into link eat: Not bullshit. There was a post of him flying in Monaco during the Formula 1 weekend festivities a few months ago. here's another pubic demonstration video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deyMNPbaRpA
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I'm going to be very shocked if that thing isn't the featured stunt in the next James Bond movie. And I'd also be shocked if the special ops community hasn't got copies of that thing, trying to figure out how to make us of it in infiltration situations. Story on it I found from July said the company had just been bought by a company that sells shit to US military... |
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Looks sweet, don't know if I want to carry a backpack full of jet fuel though
http://atlanticflyboard.com/flyboard-air/ Franky Zapata has done it ... he has created a real hoverboard, the first working one ever made. The new equipment uses a jet turbine engine to fly around. Zapata released the first video of his latest invention: the Flyboard Air. Gone is the jet ski, gone is the hose, and gone is the tether. This thing appears to take the handling and control system of the Flyboard, but replace the water jets with at least one jet turbine engine and a backpack fuel tank. It doesn't need to be attached to anything else, and has a maximum height of 10,000 feet and can fly at nearly 100 miles per hour. |
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Unless they design it inverted and you can Dracula everywhere. Obviously as long as you offset the thrust. Quoted:
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All fun and games until it tips upside down and drives you head first into the ground. OK I laughed!!! I want video of someone doing that!!! 
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All fun and games until it tips upside down and drives you head first into the ground. OK I laughed!!! I want video of someone doing that!!! I'm sure we will be treated to plenty of them once these things hit the market for the general public. Just imagine all the morons deciding that injuring themselves on dirt bikes, BMX bikes and skate boards decide that they have to have one of these. All fun and games until the jihadis get hold of a few and find out how much Semtex the rider can carry in flight. |
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lol, my first thought was "Green Goblin!". Pretty amazing. |
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What controls altitude? When you have all the forward momentum what keeps you from dipping too low? Figured there would be something controlled by hand that took care of altitude. I think it has to be using a flight controller similar to what is in most of today's Quadcopter Drones to keep it stable, upright, and altitude hold. |
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How does the Army not own 50 of those? What are we waiting on? A one week safety training class A one week operator's class A special license to operate An individual safety brief with the commander prior to purchase An individual safety brief with the commander prior to operating on base Annual certification of riding qualification Bi-annual safety refresher training Mandatory 58-step pre-use inspection Mandatory safety gear Mandatory evaluation of operating proficiency, to be repeated bi-annually Mandatory enrollment in a safety program |
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A one week safety training class A one week operator's class A special license to operate An individual safety brief with the commander prior to purchase An individual safety brief with the commander prior to operating on base Annual certification of riding qualification Bi-annual safety refresher training Mandatory 58-step pre-use inspection Mandatory safety gear Mandatory evaluation of operating proficiency, to be repeated bi-annually Mandatory enrollment in a safety program Quoted:
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How does the Army not own 50 of those? What are we waiting on? A one week safety training class A one week operator's class A special license to operate An individual safety brief with the commander prior to purchase An individual safety brief with the commander prior to operating on base Annual certification of riding qualification Bi-annual safety refresher training Mandatory 58-step pre-use inspection Mandatory safety gear Mandatory evaluation of operating proficiency, to be repeated bi-annually Mandatory enrollment in a safety program 
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I'm sure we will be treated to plenty of them once these things hit the market for the general public. Just imagine all the morons deciding that injuring themselves on dirt bikes, BMX bikes and skate boards decide that they have to have one of these. All fun and games until the jihadis get hold of a few and find out how much Semtex the rider can carry in flight. Quoted:
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All fun and games until it tips upside down and drives you head first into the ground. OK I laughed!!! I want video of someone doing that!!! I'm sure we will be treated to plenty of them once these things hit the market for the general public. Just imagine all the morons deciding that injuring themselves on dirt bikes, BMX bikes and skate boards decide that they have to have one of these. All fun and games until the jihadis get hold of a few and find out how much Semtex the rider can carry in flight. 
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: All fun and games until it tips upside down and drives you head first into the ground. OK I laughed!!! I want video of someone doing that!!! I'm sure we will be treated to plenty of them once these things hit the market for the general public. Just imagine all the morons deciding that injuring themselves on dirt bikes, BMX bikes and skate boards decide that they have to have one of these. All fun and games until the jihadis get hold of a few and find out how much Semtex the rider can carry in flight. https://briannomi.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/cram.jpg?w=468&h=329 Is the Ammo in the pivoting portion or in the base? |
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Quoted: that would be safer, because you could have a chute at that altitude. at 100 feet, you would be toast. Quoted: Quoted: ... a maximum height of 10,000 feet and can fly at nearly 100 miles per hour. WHAT COULD *POSSIBLY* GO WRONG? |
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Always wondered about them, the top is the Radar type system to lock on the incoming threat? Is the Ammo in the pivoting portion or in the base? I honestly have no idea. I think that the radar is actually separate. I had a conversation with one of the NCOs that operate the system while I was deployed to BAF, and he told me that in order to engage incoming, it is tracked from separate radar stations in order to triangulate to ensure accuracy. |
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If I had a chute on I would go for it. Quoted:
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... a maximum height of 10,000 feet and can fly at nearly 100 miles per hour. WHAT COULD *POSSIBLY* GO WRONG? Exactly. 10k feet @100mph is much safer than 100ft, low and slow. |
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Quoted: Always wondered about them, the top is the Radar type system to lock on the incoming threat? Is the Ammo in the pivoting portion or in the base? Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'm sure we will be treated to plenty of them once these things hit the market for the general public. Just imagine all the morons deciding that injuring themselves on dirt bikes, BMX bikes and skate boards decide that they have to have one of these. All fun and games until the jihadis get hold of a few and find out how much Semtex the rider can carry in flight. https://briannomi.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/cram.jpg?w=468&h=329 Is the Ammo in the pivoting portion or in the base? |
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Which would happen to me the moment I reached neckbreak altitude. I can't even get a snowboard down a hill without breaking bones. Quoted:
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All fun and games until it tips upside down and drives you head first into the ground. Which would happen to me the moment I reached neckbreak altitude. I can't even get a snowboard down a hill without breaking bones. I would soon earn my pilot call sign: FLAT SPLAT JACK
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