Tethered, Water-Powered Jetpack Provides Two Hours of Flight Time

arshadk writes "Unlike 'ordinary' jetpacks, the JetLev is actually two vehicles, tethered by a hose the thickness of your thigh. On the water is a small speedboat-like unit which contains a 250 horsepower motor and a pump. This is connected to the pack — into which you strap your frail body — by a 10-meter hose. The water is pumped from the sea or lake below up to the nozzles on the jetpack, providing a 1,900-Newton thrust, enough to lift a human weighing up to 150 kilos."

old joke

[roman_mir]

Reminds me of an old joke about a wrist watch with a built in TV and built in radio and photo-camera and various other tools.

The only catch was that if you bought that watch you always had to carry 2 suitcases with you.

They were filled with batteries.

150Kg person

[Anonymous Coward]

So I guess it's not much use for Americans :-)

*ducks and runs*

Re:Anyone hoping the guy would run out in mid air?

[websaber]

"human weighing up to 150 kilos" You have to wait until they come out with the American version.

Re:Wile E Coyote

[Locutus]

or Wile E. Coyote tries to "fly" over a tree branch and then gets wrapped around it in every decreasing circles before sudden and final deceleration occurs.

And don't forget flying over the water falls, realizing the error, looks down and sees the boat falling fast, hose stretching and stretching, and then yeowwwwwwww!

LoB