This is just amazing:
Let's just hope it doesn't catch on!
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On a sunny day (Sun, 4 Aug 2019 14:23:27 -0000 (UTC)) it happened Cursitor Doom wrote in :
Is that the channel crossing on flyboard? He cheated, had a fuel stop halfway.
Dangerous, engine failure and you are dead.
Hoverboard as they're calling it here; yes.
That just makes it even more remarkable.
Dangerous. No kidding?
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On a sunny day (Sun, 4 Aug 2019 15:55:10 -0000 (UTC)) it happened Cursitor Doom wrote in :
Na tha tonly prevents mass immigration to the UK :-)
The NEW model will have a bigger range, and you will see swarms of immigrants flying over London.
Na tha tonly prevents mass immigration to the UK :-)
The NEW model will have a bigger range, and you will see swarms of immigrants flying over London.
Come to Sink of it I see a market in Mexico too :-)
If all the immigrants currently trying to illegally enter the UK had the same imagination, ingenuity and bravery as this guy I personally would welcome them with open arms.
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On a sunny day (Sun, 4 Aug 2019 16:58:52 -0000 (UTC)) it happened Cursitor Doom wrote in :
I was thinking of calling the new model 'V3'.
He might survive falling into the water. Helicopters were on hand to pull him out.
Powered by kerosene, and still had to refuel halfway across.
Silly.
-- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc lunatic fringe electronics
A lot of peeps probably said the same about Bleriot et al
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Frank Zappa?
Cheers
It looks to me like he is wearing a parachute on his back?
-- RoRo
On a sunny day (Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:46:39 +0200) it happened Robert Roland wrote in :
I though that was a flexible fuel tank, but have not really looked at the design. Anyone?
I looked up the price, > 6000 USD,? where can I get cheap tax free kerosene locally? What will happen if I go shopping to the supermarket with it? Where do I park it so it is not taken by kids for a joy ride? ? LOL
Maybe, but it's still ten miles for a tiny flying item; Israel has a lot of vulnerable border that just became penetrable in a new way...
I saw something a while ago about a personal flying device of some sort
- tiny helicopter IIRC. Looked really interesting, so I dug deeper and found that such vehicles are prohibited from flying over populated areas. Kinda' rules out use for commuting. Or much of anything, for that matter. I'm feeling that the hoverboard would be likewise restricted.
On a sunny day (Tue, 06 Aug 2019 17:39:13 -0700) it happened John Larkin wrote in :
I did read it is 5 jet engines blowing down. Probably with some MEMS chip for stabilization. Hopefully more than 1 MEMS chip (Boeing comes to mind).
Small 1 person able quadcopter drones to cross the wall from Mexico already exist, carry the person to the US, fly back on auto pilot, sort of a taxi service. All on batteries. I posted the youtube link long ago.
You can build your own for < 1000$.
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