OT: the Jet-Man

Tim McNamara said:

This looks like an amazing thing to do. Click the video.

http://www.jet-man.com/actuel.html

Man! I'd so love to do that.

Pancake Bill

Per Bill Sornson:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

http://www.jet-man.com/actuel.html

Man! I'd so love to do that.

Looks like a lot of engineering there and a really smart guy.

Having said that, if my morbid side could get him to sign the papers, it would
put up a pretty good chunk of cash on term life payable to it.... maybe with 20%
of the payout going to his survivors as a signing bonus.
--
PeteCresswell

Tim McNamara said:

This looks like an amazing thing to do. Click the video.

http://www.jet-man.com/actuel.html

Naaah, far to much engineering, back to basics, that's the ticket.

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2006-Jet-powered-bat-suit.wmv

Mad, absolutely, howling at the moon, barking mad.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Tosspot said:

Tim McNamara said:

This looks like an amazing thing to do. Click the video.

http://www.jet-man.com/actuel.html

Naaah, far to much engineering, back to basics, that's the ticket.

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2006-Jet-powered-bat-suit.wmv

Mad, absolutely, howling at the moon, barking mad.

Was he using hot water bottles as fuel tanks? And where do people get
those cute little jet engines?

Tim McNamara said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Tosspot said:

Tim McNamara said:

This looks like an amazing thing to do. Click the video.

http://www.jet-man.com/actuel.html

Naaah, far to much engineering, back to basics, that's the ticket.

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/2006-Jet-powered-bat-suit.wmv

Mad, absolutely, howling at the moon, barking mad.

Was he using hot water bottles as fuel tanks? And where do people get
those cute little jet engines?

Yep. But he's Finnish, it's the long winters that do it to them.

http://www.jetcatusa.com/

And no, this is definitly *not* the way forward. Listen for the doppler
at about 30 seconds >:-)

Looking at that again, well, maybe it is the way forward ;-)