[ExI] Jet suit paramedic tested

[Darin Sunley]

Yeah, if one of those blades lets go during flight the pilot may want, as
Dumbledore put it, "to retire in order to spend more time with his
remaining limbs".

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 10:56 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> > On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat
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> They have big plans for these jet suits.
> <https://gravity.co>
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> The Jet Suit
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> Power; 1050bhp
> Turbines; 5
> RPM; 120,000
> Fuel; Jet A1 or Diesel
> Dry weight; 27kg
> Flight time; 5-10 minutes
> Current speed record; 136.891 kph
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> They appear to have training schemes and hire available for test flights.
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> BillK
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> TURBINES!
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> Ok then, you can count me out, thanks: this is madness.
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> That would explain how they are getting ten minutes of flight out of this
> without cooking themselves, but oh dear, four turbines spinning at that
> speed, mercy.
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> spike
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