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by brunoqc 2078 days ago
It will probably never be possible.

Sure having fun with a jet of water is possible but having a super hot jet engine on your back? not sure about that.

EDIT: I just saw that dubai video. Uh it's possible but I would be surprised if it becomes a thing since the flight time was only 2 minutes.
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jon-wood 2078 days ago
Gravity Industries in the UK have a working jet pack, although flight time is extremely limited, I think in the order 5-10 minutes, and it isn’t designed to fly at altitude. The founder demonstrated using it for rapid casualty assistance in mountains recently, although I’m dubious about the actual usefulness given the difficulty in actually controlling the thing - it’s more like a paramedic would end up smeared across the mountain themselves than actually assist a casualty in anything but the calmest weather.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gtvCnZqZnxc

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brunoqc 2078 days ago
> it’s more like a paramedic would end up smeared across the mountain themselves than actually assist a casualty in anything but the calmest weather.

Haha yeah. A chopper with fast ropes is much better and still pretty cool.

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