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The Martin jetpack will be available in 2012 for $100,000 | Ubergizmo

If you have $100,000 to spare, perhaps you may want to set that aside for 2012 which is when the Martin Jetpack will finally be made available for public purchase. It originally debuted back in 2008 and save for some minor tweaks and adjustments, its design has remained the same. In order to make it publicly available, Glenn Martin’s jetpack had to be tailored around the FAA’s ultralight standards, which mean that its speed was limited to a maximum of 63mph and its maximum flight time limited to a mere 30 minutes. The good news is that due to it being in the ultralight category, should you decide to get your hands on the jetpack, you will not be required to have a license of any sort.
For those who forgot, the Martin jetpack is powered by a two-stroke, custom-designed gas engine spins a pair of ducted fans that generate thrust, and an entirely electronic, fly-by-wire system, which replaced the original cable-and-pulley steering system. A cellphone-sized flight-control unit (commonly used in Predator UAVs) allows the jetpack to set bounds on pitch, roll and yaw, and in general helps to steady the flights.
Like we said at the beginning of the article, if this sounds like something you could see yourself enjoying on the weekend (or if your workplace is less than a 30 minute flight away), be prepared to fork out $100,000 for the Martin jetpack.
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jetpacks are inherently inefficent, and inventors need to let go of this fascination with it.

The reason why nature and aeronatics favours winged vessels as the ultimate flight design is becasue it's designed specifically to use as little fuel as possible, on a plan for instance if you cut off the engine you will still be able to glide for several miles before you crash. A helicopter is an exception because the fuel efficency is sacrificed for greater manoueverability, and convienience.

You can land a winged aircraft at the top of a building or perform mountain rescure with it. But a helictopter gives you that conveneicne.

A jertpack is even worse and has no practical use. A jet uses a LOT of fuel, is very difficult to control and dangerous.

For the money you could by a relatively cheap micro helicopter, let some other crazy fool risk his life on a jetpack
 
Finally, the future is here. Thought we were supposed to have these about 11 years ago, I'll blame government regulations for the delay.
 
Enigmabomb said:
DERP. Helicopters can glide bro. It's called auto-rotation.
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not really the same thing. a plane can glide for miles. a helicopter will need to land very close to where the engine cuts off, and be close to the ground too.

Anyways I'm talking about energy efficiency here. A helicoper is a beast and makes a helluva lot of noise, it defines the laws of physics by brute force, creating immense downforce with brute force. An aircraft is more graceful, uses a lot less power, and just works better.

Jetpack is like 10x worse than a helicopter.
 
Screw that get this: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im1iNq02Kz0]Water Jet Pack: Get High with Jetlev! - YouTube[/ame]

Way cooler imo....
 
Its still a technology in the making, I would wait for a couple of more years till its refined. Its more dangerous then riding a speed bike.
 
Am I the only one who has a paranoia of that shit malfunctioning? Often? And people falling to their deaths? Epic, but still very splattery deaths?

They've barely figured out backpack parachutes.
 
Would buy one just to swoop into little kids baseball/football/soccer games, steal the ball, and then fly off.
 
DOUBLE DERP. Low level autos are where people die. It's way better to have an engine failure in a helicopter up high so you can use gravity and altitude to your advantage.

You sound like you don't know what you're talking about. Stop spewing bullshit.


TigerUK said:
not really the same thing. a plane can glide for miles. a helicopter will need to land very close to where the engine cuts off, and be close to the ground too.

Anyways I'm talking about energy efficiency here. A helicoper is a beast and makes a helluva lot of noise, it defines the laws of physics by brute force, creating immense downforce with brute force. An aircraft is more graceful, uses a lot less power, and just works better.

Jetpack is like 10x worse than a helicopter.
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charlesmartel said:
I'd stick with a flying car. The one below works with a fan, so most mechanics should be able to fix it. Good luck trying to find a jetpack repair shop in the Yellow Pages.

ParaJet Automotive :: SkyCar

Plus, you can drive it when not flying it.
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That is absolutely terrific.

Lot's of drag racing here in Vancouver, racing these and then flying away from the cops would be epic story of the century. They'd sit there on their horses and feel forever alone like the outdated d-bags they are.
 
Man I love flying stuff. Remember when I was 7, at the village (my grandma's house) I decided I want to fly.

I took 8 pipes, some plastic fabric, tied them all together and made 2 wings ... I went at the top of the house (on the roof) and I FUCKING jumped from 6 meters ... didn't fly :(

But anyways, a jetpack would be so so cool :D
 
Enigmabomb said:
DOUBLE DERP. Low level autos are where people die. It's way better to have an engine failure in a helicopter up high so you can use gravity and altitude to your advantage.

You sound like you don't know what you're talking about. Stop spewing bullshit.
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what the fuck are you talking about?? how is engin failure in a helicopter safer than engine failure in a car.. gtfo troll
 
Supra said:
1 person will die and it will be outlawed.
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That is exactly what I see as the main issue here for selling this commercially.
It isn't going to require a license, and there are so many stupid people who get themselves killed in cars! Imagine handing over a jetpack to these same people!

Terrorist groups will run out of business because they won't have anyone to kill then! Jetpacks will kill everyone!


No doubt that it would be pretty badass to have one though!
 
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