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Off his chopper: Daredevil takes first test flight of electric-powered backpack helicopter
2021-06-08
Posted by:Skidmark

#8  
Get in line sonny, this 99 year old is next, no time left, right...becomes a Centenarian
Posted by: Lemuel Oppressor of the Munchkins2590   2021-06-08 22:18  

#7  let me fly him! my turn!
Posted by: Retard Strength   2021-06-08 18:27  

#6  /\ Hot air balloons, from the 1860's....
Posted by: magpie   2021-06-08 17:46  

#5  Pessimist! It would work as well as tethered aerial balloons
Posted by: magpie   2021-06-08 17:45  

#4  Unlike gas-fueled jetpacks, the CopterPack appears to uses battery power to propel the device's dual rotors.

And by "battery power", we mean a ridiculously heavy device with nowhere near the energy density needed to power flight.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-06-08 13:06  

#3  "Controlled by an operator on the ground..."
No thanks.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2021-06-08 12:01  

#2  Skinny Dude...You'd need 6 of those rotors to get my fat ass off the ground
Posted by: Warthog   2021-06-08 09:56  

#1  Batteries last as long as 5 minutes aloft?
Posted by: magpie   2021-06-08 09:48  

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