Kiss The Ground Goodbye - Martin Jetpack Takes Flight

[Guest]

Oshkosh (WI) - It's up up and away for Glenn Martin as he showed off his experimental jetpack at the annual EAA AirVenture festival in Oshkosh Wisconsin. The "Martin Jetpack" can fly for several minutes and can cruise at up to 60 miles-per-hour...

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[Guest]

hmm, a commercially viable jet pack would pose major security risk to secure areas. Just imagine what expert jet pack pilot can do in 30 minutes with a 60MPH jet pack? sneak in to pentagon, white house, etc. That thing wouldn't even show up on radar. I can't imagine this being sold in open market.

 

[Guest]

I doubt that. Jets arn't exactly what you call silent. They're loud as hell. Not to mention you'd be a sitting duck out in the open for small arms fire. I highly doubt the military wouldn't have already looked into this and decided it was not a worthwhile pursuit.

 

[velocityg4]

[citation][nom]anonyis[/nom]I doubt that. Jets arn't exactly what you call silent. They're loud as hell. Not to mention you'd be a sitting duck out in the open for small arms fire. I highly doubt the military wouldn't have already looked into this and decided it was not a worthwhile pursuit.[/citation]
Coming in for a landing would make you an easy target but trying to hit a moving target from a stationary standpoint is extremely difficult, especially a target with three dimensions of movement. Though the pilot would be an easy target for a tripod mounted machine gun.

This would be great for a bank robber though.

 

[Mr_Man]

It's a bird... it's a plane...

 

[neodude007]

Humans aren't the only ones that can shoot a person with a jet pack... There are heat seeking missiles, auto-aiming sentry guns, or you could just pick him off with a rifle. And let's be honest, you say the jetpack person has 3-D movement? This is not a video game and I'm sure that 3-D movement is rather slow on the jetpack, its not like they can just bounce all over the place quickly...hahah. Not to mention this thing weighs a lot, WTF they gonna do when they land? Slowly unbuckle the 90 seatbelts and run?

 

[bounty]

1 Apparently ya'll have never been dove hunting... Also, not much different than a motorcycle, unless you plan on crashing through a window on the 22nd floor or something. No, this wouldn't be good at bank heists or the white house... might work for prison breaks... nevermind,
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[Rhinofart]

Bounty beat me to it. I was going to say "Rednecks do it all the time." You have obviously never seen hunters shoot down birds before. Of course you are going to say, but this is faster than a bird. But remember a bird is a lot smaller and more agile than this thing would be. Even at 60MPH anyone who CAN handle a weapon would be able to pick this thing out of the air no problem even in full flight.

 

[gm0n3y]

I would love to fly one of these to work every day. That would be fucking sweet.

 

[kittle]

Just dont run out of fuel while crusing at 500ft

 

[zerapio]

Very neat technology. As for the security risks, has anyone thought about suicide jetpackers carrying bombs?

 

[klarkmdb]

That is a nice idea

 

[JonnyDough]

Of course you are going to say, but this is faster than a bird.

The average bird flies faster than you think.

Some Falcons hit 200mph on a dive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_Falcon

A big 60mph human with a jetpack is an easy target for special forces or a secret serviceman.