OK. Here they are.
I though you were talking about this guy, amazing shit:
I’ll settle for the JetLev water-powered jet pack. You get 30 minutes of flight time, for about $140,000 US, I think. Yeah, you can’t go more than 25 feet or thereabouts, but if you only have 30 seconds of flight time on the other two, how high do you want to be when you run out of fuel?
Besides, you can go to the nearest gas station and refuel this. Where do you go to get fuel-grade peroxide? OK, one uses jet fuel. Do you know the nearest airport that services jets? Think they’ll be happy to see you roll up and ask to “fill 'er up!” when it takes maybe 4 gallons of fuel?
The guy is going to kill himself, probably by hitting a bird, but there are several videos of him flying his little portable man-jet all over the place.
It is not faked, just insane.
I, for one, welcome our new jetpack-riding overlords.
Very cool. Maybe before I die, they’ll be affordable. Just think, it took less than 50 years for computers to go from unaffordable behemoths to notebooks.
Are the jetpacks customized based on the weight of the user? I would think it would take more lift (and thus more fuel and shorter flights) for a bigger person.
Oooooh, I finally know what I want for Christmas! 
30 seconds though? Fifteen seconds of lift and you better be heading back, or else. :dubious:
It’s just a stepping stone towards my flying car.
Funny this comes up now. When I was visiting my parents over Thanksgiving they took me to a local trivia competition they go to weekly at the nearby golf club. One of the questions was something along the lines of what spaceage device was used in these movies (one was James Bond: Never Say Never) and out of nowhere I thought “Jet Pac?” Won us $25 I did.
Saw an actual real-life jetpack in action when I was a kid at the 1982 Tennessee World’s fair. This in addition to the world’s largest Rubic Cube and a robotic Heinz ketchup bottle that dispensed Heinz pickle pins.
Good luck buying the right kind of hydrogen peroxide without hazmat certifications and the FBI investigating you.
I share Randall Munroe’s sentiments on this subject.
Everytime I see one, the linked pictures included, the operator is always wearing a slick, one piece flight garmet somewhat akin to a ski suit. So does this mean using one while wearing street clothes would be inadvisable? What, would I take off with pants but land naked?
As a pilot, the thought of these things terrifies me. If I have 30 seconds of fuel I want to be landing, not taking off.
Related song: Tim Wilson - Jetpack - YouTube
Can’t youtube at work, is it by these guys?
Sorry. :smack: I hate when people don’t put some description to what they post, especially when it’s youtube, and I’ve done it twice today.
Anyway, no, it’s not them. It’s comedian Tim Wilson.
Finally!
I don’t know that I’d call it a jetpack,given its bulk, but the Martin Jetpackis quite impressive
That is so damn cool!
How long can it stay airborn?
All it needs is machine guns.