# How would a jetpack work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 1, 2021, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-jetpack-work/947737 "2021-08-01T01:02:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-jetpack-work/947737/41 "2021-08-03T21:33:50Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Not exactly a jetpack, but with a flight time of more than 40 minutes, this seemed like both a fun idea… > > [Williams X-Jet - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_X-Jet) Man, that looks a lot like the flying platforms on the Jonny Quest Cartoons. [![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C_ua9XL9Xk4/UYFoGaQhDDI/AAAAAAAACEA/O_K27acaHwY/s1600/Jonny+Quest+Jack+Armstrong.jpg) ](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C_ua9XL9Xk4/UYFoGaQhDDI/AAAAAAAACEA/O_K27acaHwY/s1600/Jonny+Quest+Jack+Armstrong.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-jetpack-work/947737/42 "2021-08-05T01:31:51Z")
How did he carry enough fuel? ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-jetpack-work/947737/43 "2021-08-05T01:34:42Z")
IIRC he didn’t: he refuelled in the middle of the Channel. Or has he made some improvements since then? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-jetpack-work/947737/44 "2021-08-05T01:35:34Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > I keep thinking, I would not want to be taking (possibly incendiary) enemy fire while strapped to tanks of jet fuel. Or riddled with large-calibre AP bullets in any case. I wouldn’t want to take enemy fire in a rubber boat, or climbing up the side of a ship. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-jetpack-work/947737/45 "2021-08-05T04:53:15Z")
I wouldn’t want to take enemy fire on a boat. I wouldn’t want to take enemy fire with a goat. I wouldn’t want to take enemy fire in the rain. I wouldn’t want to take enemy fire on a train. Not in the dark! Not in a tree! Not in a car! You let me be! I wouldn’t want to take enemy fire in a box. I wouldn’t want to take enemy fire with a fox. I wouldn’t want to take enemy fire in a house. I wouldn’t want to take enemy fire with a mouse. I wouldn’t want to take enemy fire here or there. I wouldn’t want to take enemy fire anywhere! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-jetpack-work/947737/46 "2021-08-05T10:32:42Z")
Well said, Sir. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-jetpack-work/947737.md?page=2)