# We were promised jet-packs! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-promised-jet-packs/605547 "2011-12-08T19:43:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-promised-jet-packs/605547/21 "2011-12-11T15:29:27Z")
Well you never have to walk up stairs again! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-promised-jet-packs/605547/22 "2011-12-11T17:00:45Z")
[Obligatory TVTropes link (“I Want My Jetpack”)](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IWantMyJetpack) ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-promised-jet-packs/605547/23 "2011-12-11T17:29:13Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > I though you were talking about this guy, amazing shit: > > [http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/12/video-jetman-yves-rossy-flies-formation-with-jets/](http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/12/video-jetman-yves-rossy-flies-formation-with-jets/) That is some buck fucking wild crazy ass shit. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-promised-jet-packs/605547/24 "2011-12-11T20:09:01Z")
> [@RalfCoder](#): > > I’ll settle for the [JetLev](http://jetlev.com/) 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? So _that’s_ what it looks like when your D&D character straps on a bunch of Decanters of Endless Water. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-promised-jet-packs/605547/25 "2011-12-11T20:55:02Z")
I think I’ll watch _The Rocketeer_ again. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-promised-jet-packs/605547/26 "2011-12-11T21:54:13Z")
Anyone post the Robot Chicken link yet? [video.adultswim.com/robot-chicken/jet-pack-testing.html](http://video.adultswim.com/robot-chicken/jet-pack-testing.html) ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-promised-jet-packs/605547/27 "2011-12-16T14:20:37Z")
Another take on the water-powered jet pack: [http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/31449/unusual+jetpack+enables+pilots+to+swim+and+leap+like+a+dolphin/](http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/31449/unusual+jetpack+enables+pilots+to+swim+and+leap+like+a+dolphin/) ---
**Author:** ![Bloodless\_Turnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@Bloodless\_Turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodless_Turnip)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-promised-jet-packs/605547/28 "2011-12-16T15:18:16Z")
I can imagine the ambulance chasers salivating. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-promised-jet-packs/605547/29 "2011-12-18T01:24:05Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > I think I’ll watch _The Rocketeer_ again. ☹ [Here](http://youtu.be/6SjgHrk_v40) is the clip you’re thinking of, especially the shot at the 3:55 mark. From when movies were made with miniatures and matte shots. I want one! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-were-promised-jet-packs/605547.md?page=1)