smrgol: (Hedgy)
Smrgol ([personal profile] smrgol) wrote2006-01-27 12:55 am

Maybe I shouldn't post this link, Camstone might get ideas ...

But then again ...

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

[identity profile] kamau-d-lyon.livejournal.com 2006-01-27 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Interesting. I'd love to see more of what he was really able to do. From the end it sounds like he was able to maintain a steady flight level but I wonder if he was able to climb any. I think I've seen somewhere a similar setup with a rigid wing structure. It would appear we are getting very near to the point where small jet engines have the power to weight ratio required to make a small personal flight craft/suit possible. Lifting off is still the big problem however.

Personally however I'm not sure I want jet fuel strapped to my body in hot water bottles.
*grin*