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May 13, 2018, 11:33 AM
OKCGene
Video from JAllen
Look honey, I got a new heckuva leaf blower!
May 13, 2018, 11:33 AM
SigM4
Thank goodness, from the title I was afraid someone had found that Wilford Brimley nude scene JAllen always claims to have body doubled for.

As for the video, thats very cool.


Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.

Complacency sucks…
May 13, 2018, 11:47 AM
tacfoley
quote:
Originally posted by pwelch001:
That is cool. Can you imagine having that? Thanks for the video!


Can you imagine that teeny little overworked engine cutting out?

tac
May 13, 2018, 11:54 AM
ensigmatic
quote:
Originally posted by tacfoley:
quote:
Originally posted by pwelch001:
That is cool. Can you imagine having that? Thanks for the video!


Can you imagine that teeny little overworked engine cutting out?

tac

Ha! Great (somewhat paranoid?) minds think alike. That was the first thing that occurred to me after I saw him go out over the water. "Bet he'd sink like a rock."

Still: That was very cool Smile

quote:
Originally posted by braillediver:
He is wearing a parachute.

At that elevation a parachute would be worse than useless. All it would do is add more unbalanced weight to help ensure more bodily damage if the thing failed.


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May 13, 2018, 12:49 PM
craigcpa
quote:
Originally posted by sns3guppy:
Interesting if true, but looks fake to me.


Real and already government intervention.


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May 13, 2018, 01:12 PM
slosig
quote:
Originally posted by craigcpa:
quote:
Originally posted by sns3guppy:
Interesting if true, but looks fake to me.


Real and already government intervention.
The picture at that link with all the mist in the air is very different from the video in the original post. When he went over the water I thought, “This is where it will get exciting.” Nothing though. He must have figured out how high he needs to be above the water to avoid stirring up mist with his jet blast.
May 13, 2018, 01:37 PM
BBMW
In case anyone wants one...

https://zapata.com/air-products/flyboardair
May 13, 2018, 01:37 PM
rusbro
Seeing that thing flying gave me goosebumps, but the good kind.

Seeing that the lead tech was a guy wearing Daisy Dukes gave me goosebumps, too. The bad kind. Wink
May 13, 2018, 03:18 PM
Gutpile Charlie
An all around bad idea. A Darwin Moment in the making. What do you do in a power failure? What if you "trip"? You never could recover. Any type of flight idea that "hangs" on power is an invitation
for disaster.


"If you think everything's going to be alright, you don't understand the problem!"- Gutpile Charlie
"A man's got to know his limitations" - Harry Callahan

May 13, 2018, 08:10 PM
Sigmanic
Getting inverted at the wrong time could prove challenging! Pretty cool, just the same!
May 13, 2018, 08:47 PM
Sigmund
I remember reading about these as a kid in the 1950s:

https://www.ravenecho.com/articles/14/61/
May 13, 2018, 09:18 PM
deepocean
quote:
Originally posted by Gutpile Charlie:
An all around bad idea.


Having seen videos where eagles/hawks/etc. take umbrage to drone flights in their territory, I wouldn't want to be balancing on one of those things in that scenario.
May 14, 2018, 06:09 AM
mjlennon
quote:
Originally posted by BBMW:
In case anyone wants one...

https://zapata.com/air-products/flyboardair
From their FAQ page:
What does it cost?
We have not finalized pricing, but depending on quantity, per unit cost will be approximately 240,000 Euros.