He talked about using it with a wing suit. I can imagine right now that there are a LOT of wing suit users that are drooling over the possibilities...

On 5/3/16 6:18 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:
Won’t be long before someone is silly enough to try flying one behind an 
airplane.    That will be an interesting wake turbulence encounter.

Mark

On May 2, 2016, at 11:49 PM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> wrote:

And that's the problem for commercializing it and also why he is also over 
water in all the pictures.

Rory

-----Original Message-----
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jay Weekley
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 8:44 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - Flyboard Air

I understand there a minimum height where a parachute won't deploy. I imagine 
if you're 200 feet above ground or water and you fall off of that thing you're 
in a lot of trouble.

Jason McKemie wrote:
Yeah, I think the article said that he already had to bail on it once
- not good at 10k feet...

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Chris Wright <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    Only if you want to survive the fall. They’re saying it’ll get up
    to 10,000’ though. I’m no aerospace engineer, but I’m pretty sure
    at 10,000’ your hovercraft doesn’t care what’s directly underneath
    you anymore.

    Chris Wright

    Network Administrator

    Velociter Wireless

    209-838-1221 x115 <tel:209-838-1221%20x115>

    *From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Jaime Solorza
    *Sent:* Monday, May 02, 2016 4:05 PM
    *To:* Animal Farm
    *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - Flyboard Air

    Doesn't it only work over water?

    On May 2, 2016 11:03 AM, "Jason McKemie"
    <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    Looks like it is real:


http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/30/11535778/franky-zapata-guinness-worl
d-record-hoverboard-flyboard-air

    Pretty crazy stuff.

    On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]
    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    Looks perfect for site surveys and tower maintenance.  But is it real?


http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/11/11406142/flyboard-air-hoverboard-fra
nky-zapata





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