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| Thread ID: 118397 | 2011-06-02 19:39:00 | New Jet-Pack Causes Old Records To Fall | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1206441 | 2011-06-03 03:25:00 | Wait for the first person to get killed in one and it's all over... | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1206442 | 2011-06-03 03:36:00 | Drawing on the analogy of the horseless carriage, do you think every Jet-Pack flight should be preceded by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter? :lol: | WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1206443 | 2011-06-03 03:38:00 | Oh well when the Wright brothers flew their first flying machines they only stayed in flight for a few seconds. The Wright brothers main concern was aircraft control. If they had not persevered, flight would not be where it is today. | Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1206444 | 2011-06-03 03:38:00 | Wait for the first person to get killed in one and it's all over... Don't think so paul, Space Shuttle retiring because of old age and not because of the two major catastrophes. And s h i t does happen in any advancement in technology or science. Lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1206445 | 2011-06-03 03:43:00 | Oh well when the Wright brothers flew their first flying machines they only stayed in flight for a few seconds. The Wright brothers main concern was aircraft control. If they had not persevered, flight would not be where it is today. Or closer to home, Richard Pearse (1903) at Timaru? Arguably man's first powered flight. |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1206446 | 2011-06-03 03:45:00 | Avoid like the plague :( It will NEVER be a commercial reality. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1206447 | 2011-06-03 03:51:00 | The one at the Parachute Festival was bloody loud, but it was *so* worth it. Done on an open field, so no cranes or sleight of hand there. I'll be the first to sign up for one. If it means I can skip traffic to / from work, then I'm *all* keen! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1206448 | 2011-06-03 04:13:00 | Considering the rate of climb it wouldn't take long to get over the 100 foot mark. They had to slow it down so the chopper could keep up. It would be interesting to know what it's true ceiling was. Comparing it to "run your car on water schemes" is rather pathetic. It is a failure relatively close to the ground that is likely to kill you. Don't believe me! Try jumping off a 2 story building and see how you go, and that is only around 20 feet. It is exactly comparable to "run your car on water schemes". It is a con job designed to extract money from foolish investors which will never make money for them. |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1206449 | 2011-06-03 04:53:00 | It is a failure relatively close to the ground that is likely to kill you. Don't believe me! Try jumping off a 2 story building and see how you go, and that is only around 20 feet. It is exactly comparable to "run your car on water schemes". It is a con job designed to extract money from foolish investors which will never make money for them. With your attitude do you think Charles Kingsford Smith would have done any of what he did. It is exactly comparable to "run your car on water schemes". I still say that is a pathetic analogy. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1206450 | 2011-06-03 04:58:00 | All the nay-sayers better be prepared to eat their words. Successful jet packs are an inevitability. Also, you can run a car on water, but the tech is really in its infancy and will be entirely feasible in time as are jetpacks. |
Netsukeninja (13296) | ||
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