# Jetpack!  No, really!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jetpack-no-really/555995>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 4, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jetpack-no-really/555995 "2010-10-04T13:24:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![some\_bloke\_somewhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@some\_bloke\_somewhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_bloke_somewhere)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jetpack-no-really/555995/21 "2010-10-05T15:41:01Z")

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> [@UncleRojelio](#):
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> Too much work. I want my flying car!

If Back To The Future is to be believed, it should be within 5 years 🆒

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jetpack-no-really/555995/22 "2010-10-05T15:55:13Z")

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> [@Hypno-Toad](#):
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> > [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> > No, for that you would want a jet-assisted electric-powered pogo stick . . .  
> > To the drawing board!
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> Still not as much fun as the rocket-powered roller skates.

Or the roman candle.

Say, you aren’t a coyote, are you?

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**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jetpack-no-really/555995/23 "2010-10-05T16:03:07Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> It’s a lot bigger than I expected.

The two main problems with designing a jetpack are:

1. the aforementioned hotfoot issue and
2. being able to carry enough fuel to make it worth it without making it uselessly huge.

I suspect the second issue is in play here.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jetpack-no-really/555995/24 "2010-10-05T17:39:33Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> > [@Hypno-Toad](#):
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> > Still not as much fun as the rocket-powered roller skates.
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> Or the roman candle.
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> Say, you aren’t a coyote, are you?

No, But I AM the Acme of toads.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jetpack-no-really/555995/25 "2010-11-21T13:50:52Z")

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You call that a jetpack?

'At’s not a jetpack.

Now, [this is a jetpack](http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=794_1289067799).

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