Personal strap-on hovercraft-aircraft up for sale

[astro]

Those crazy flyboys

“NOBODY HAS has ever done anything like it,” said Michael Moshier, chief executive of Trek Aerospace, the company that designed the machine. “It is the first aircraft that you can strap on your back and allows you to fly around like a bird.” He says the compact SoloTrek XFV can hover for more than two hours at a time and is easy to fly.

The machine stands about 7 feet tall (2.1 meters), weighs more than 300 pounds (136 kilograms) and is a somewhat bizarre-looking contraption with its two overhead engines above the tripod frame that holds the pilot. It can hold a pilot and gear weighing up to a total of 240 pounds (108 kilograms).

[astro]

Here’s their website

SoloTrek XFV (Exoskeleton Flying Vehicle)

[jackelope]

What’s all this about a hovercraft? I didn’t get past “strap-on” in the thread title…

[happyheathen]

I want to meet the geek who pays this (characterization deleted) $1 mil for something that can’t be used (as if it would work in the first place) :rolleyes: