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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 |