He only went to 100'. Parachute isn't any good at that height. There's clearly a hose going down his leg from the pack on his back. Check out 1:40-1:45 of the video in stop frame. Also notice at the beginning of the video the guy on the right side of the screen appears to have some type of fuel pack with a hose (presumably to refill).
Looks legit to me. From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Andrews Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 12:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Flyboard Air Looked like a parachute... On 04/12/2016 10:19 AM, Mathew Howard wrote: > actually... he has something on his back, I wonder if that's the fuel tank. > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Chuck McCown > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]>><mailto:[email protected]%3e%3e> wrote: > > You could always have a fanny pack full of fuel. > *From:* Mathew Howard > <mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]%3e> > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 12, 2016 11:13 AM > *To:* af <mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]%3e> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - Flyboard Air > Yeah, I think it's real... there are apparently turbines out there > that are small enough and produce enough thrust to make it > plausible, I don't quite see how they can fit enough fuel in there > though. > On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Robert Andrews > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]>><mailto:[email protected]%3e%3e> wrote: > > The balance skill comes from their product that is water driven > with the hose from a jet ski. I believe that small hi-bypass > turbojets are now available with 200+ lbs of thrust. Enough to > do what we saw in the video. What I don't see is the fuel to > run it. Even for just 3.55 minutes. But there is a 10 minute > platform that is out there right now that is like the old jet > pack but with two hi-bypass turbines on it that is currently in > beta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCYSWyHDpfU > > > On 04/12/2016 09:12 AM, Bill Prince wrote: > > I think it's some kind of fake. There is not enough volume > in the > platform for the kind of thrust that is being generated. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 4/12/2016 6:23 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Looks perfect for site surveys and tower maintenance.� > But is it real? > � > http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/11/11406142/flyboard-air-hoverboard-franky-zapata > � > > > ________________________________ Total Control Panel Login<https://asp.reflexion.net/login?domain=litewire.net> To: [email protected]<https://asp.reflexion.net/address-properties?aID=242260993&domain=litewire.net> From: 010001540b83a57a-e08b3df4-0fc3-413d-9af3-e4af23b8364c-000...@amazonses.com Remove<https://asp.reflexion.net/FooterAction?ver=3&un-wl-sender-domain=1&hID=14521883054&domain=litewire.net> amazonses.com from my allow list You received this message because the domain amazonses.com is on your allow list.
