Jason McNeil Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Found this on Gizmag: http://www.gizmag.com/franky-zapata-flyboard-air-video/42734/ What's damned impressive is the flight time/speed, 10 minutes vs 30 secs for the Jetpack & a death defying 150kph. It seems highly improbable for any air/levitation to ultimately to become commercially viable due to energy intensity of fighting gravity, but hey, 50year ago the Wheel seemed like pure fantasy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunka Hunka Burning Love Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 That's quite cool. It's neat to see how people are using mini jet turbines. I kind of like the JB-9 a bit better as it looks more stable with the turbines higher up with the pilot's centre of gravity lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizardmech Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 If only there was a compact turbofan available. You would get about 30-60 mins flight time, these ones use single stage turbojets that have low efficiency. The hoverboard does look safer in some ways, it seems to have 4 turbines in the centre, it can probably land even if a turbine fails. While the JP-9 will crash with a single engine failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Gorina Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Do you imagine Security people at the AirPort?. A camelback full of Kerosen. Talk about litium batteries Here is the Interview with the builder http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/15/11439798/franky-zapata-racing-jet-powered-flying-hoverboard-interview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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