Hot turbines + cold water could be catastrophic, but then again they only have a few minutes of fuel so maybe not catastrophically dangerous from a rapid temperature change, at least not more than tumbling into rough seas wearing heavy gear already is.
They are regular jetfuel turbofan engines like on big airplanes, just miniature like for RC airplanes. 4 small ones, two for each hand, and probably two larger ones in the backpack
Total thrust to weight ratio iirc is like 1.5 for the pack+human
These have been around for a few years, a lot of youtubers have flew in them. But never seen anything quite like this.
Flying these bad boys over the water is ideal, in case, you know, you have a rapid unscheduled disassembly or straight up turn into a kerosene fireball
Hand held, quick release system. Believe me, the bugs are worked out. BTW, the small jets only have a few. Minutes of power. So very short jumps.
I like the fact it was done over water... I mean if you had a malfunction or had to ditch, you've got a pretty soft landing.
Just vicariously putting myself there... because damn that looks like a TOTAL BLAST!!! 🚀🚀🚀
Hot turbines + cold water could be catastrophic, but then again they only have a few minutes of fuel so maybe not catastrophically dangerous from a rapid temperature change, at least not more than tumbling into rough seas wearing heavy gear already is.
They looked like they could be electric - power supply backpack?
They are regular jetfuel turbofan engines like on big airplanes, just miniature like for RC airplanes. 4 small ones, two for each hand, and probably two larger ones in the backpack
Total thrust to weight ratio iirc is like 1.5 for the pack+human
These have been around for a few years, a lot of youtubers have flew in them. But never seen anything quite like this.
Flying these bad boys over the water is ideal, in case, you know, you have a rapid unscheduled disassembly or straight up turn into a kerosene fireball