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All I can say is WOW. Not much information seems to be available but it looks like the Water-Powered Jet Pack is tethered with water hoses to a tow-behind water pump. I would assume that the water pump would be a jet pump running on gas which could mean that you could have hours of fun flying around the lake. Via; Dvice "A new design for jet packs uses a system of conduits to push water from an engine below the surface of a lake through thrust nozzles on the pack." |
January 31st, 2009
it no worky, and link no worky. Figures, doesn’t it?
January 31st, 2009
just like on the last episode of macguyver
January 31st, 2009
Hi Capdiamont,
Give it a try again, it seems to work fine on my end. It’s a Flash player so you may have to update your player version.
January 31st, 2009
I bet his max altitude is limited not just by the length of the hose, but by the weight of the hose since it’s filled with water - longer hose wouldn’t necessarily mean more altitude.
January 31st, 2009
Cool! I wonder what it would do if he dove underwater with it.
January 31st, 2009
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February 1st, 2009
Thats a awesome idea, i bet this is a lot of fun to fly.
I guess that heavy hose also serves as stabilization, since it looks very controllable.
February 1st, 2009
Wonderful
February 1st, 2009
Ha! That’s seriously awesome and looks like a hell of a lot of fun!
February 1st, 2009
It’s all fun and games until he loses control and crashes into a tree.
February 1st, 2009
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February 2nd, 2009
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February 3rd, 2009
Is any one making this water jet pack? I’m 74 years old and
can’t wait much longer to fly with this thing.
February 3rd, 2009
So someone finally figured out how to ride one of these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ZeS6vF1-M
Excellent.
February 5th, 2009
Sooooooo fake.
February 23rd, 2009
Come on guys, you know every bit of this is fake.
March 25th, 2009
Juan Lozano’s could probably pull this off without the lake beneath it. Hydrogen peroxide pwrd!! Check it:
http://tinyurl.com/czv8b6