[ExI] Where's the jetpack that the future promised me?

[spike]

>. On Behalf Of Max More
Subject: [ExI] Where's the jetpack that the future promised me?

 

Right here:

 

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/29/6743626-jetpack-soars-a-mile
-high

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Max More

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Thanks Max, cool.  Ducted fan is the wrong answer for this application
however.  The power consumption from having such short rotors makes the
whole idea a no-go.  If they used tandem unducted rotors, even eight feet
long, that would work better, and would give the pilot a reasonable chance
of survival in a power-out event.

 

This Martin craft is an impressive feat from a controls engineering
perspective however.

 

spike

 

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