Results 1 to 15 of 15

Thread: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

  1. #1
    HEXUS.admin
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Posts
    31,709
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    2,073 times in 719 posts

    News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    The world's first commercially available jetpack is now on sale, and you won't need a pilot's license to fly one.
    Read more.

  2. #2
    Oh Crumbs.... Biscuit's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    N. Yorkshire
    Posts
    11,193
    Thanks
    1,394
    Thanked
    1,091 times in 833 posts
    • Biscuit's system
      • Motherboard:
      • MSI B450M Mortar
      • CPU:
      • AMD 2700X (Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3)
      • Memory:
      • 16GB Patriot Viper 2 @ 3466MHz
      • Storage:
      • 500GB WD Black
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-X
      • PSU:
      • Seasonic Focus Gold 750W
      • Case:
      • Lian Li PC-V359
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10 x64
      • Internet:
      • BT Infinity 80/20

    Re: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    I love totally pointless things that are still mega awesome

  3. #3
    Seething Cauldron of Hatred TheAnimus's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    17,168
    Thanks
    803
    Thanked
    2,152 times in 1,408 posts

    Re: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    You know as I look at my savings, I wonder, ISA or JetPack?

    This just seams like insainly good value, putting such loonancy in the reach of the average joe. If there was a decent time share style program, I'd have at it
    throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)

  4. #4
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Posts
    12,116
    Thanks
    906
    Thanked
    583 times in 408 posts

    Re: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    Wants

  5. #5
    dbh
    dbh is offline
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    London
    Posts
    925
    Thanks
    301
    Thanked
    35 times in 32 posts
    • dbh's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus P5Q Deluxe
      • CPU:
      • Intel Quad Core Q6600 G0
      • Memory:
      • 8GB (4x2GB) PC-6400 DDR2-800 G.Skill 4-4-4-12
      • Storage:
      • 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS
      • Graphics card(s):
      • 512MB Sapphire HD4850
      • PSU:
      • Corsair HX520w
      • Case:
      • Antec P182
      • Monitor(s):
      • Panasonic Viera TX37LZD800 1080p LCD TV + Sony 19" SDM-X93

    Re: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    that's still insanely heavy... Are you expected to just stand still in place and power off to different spots... don't see it being possible to walk with this thing at all unless you're superman

  6. #6
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Posts
    1,117
    Thanks
    8
    Thanked
    10 times in 9 posts

    Re: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    Quote Originally Posted by dbh View Post
    that's still insanely heavy... Are you expected to just stand still in place and power off to different spots... don't see it being possible to walk with this thing at all unless you're superman
    Pretty much. I think it is to be used like a mini private helicopter.

  7. #7
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2009
    Location
    Herts
    Posts
    225
    Thanks
    15
    Thanked
    20 times in 18 posts
    • .havoc's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte Auros
      • CPU:
      • AMD Ryzen 2700x
      • Memory:
      • 32Gb DDR4 @ 2993mhz
      • Storage:
      • Plextor m2 / Samsung 850 pro / Crucial M4
      • Graphics card(s):
      • 1080ti
      • PSU:
      • Corsair 1500w
      • Case:
      • Caselabs Bullet BH8
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10
      • Monitor(s):
      • 1x 24in 1440p 165hz, 1x 1080p 144hz
      • Internet:
      • 220mb

    Re: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    will make the commute to work a lot easier! bring it on over here - just gotta make sure i dont end up in the thames!

  8. #8
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Posts
    1,894
    Thanks
    92
    Thanked
    84 times in 64 posts
    • miniyazz's system
      • CPU:
      • Acer Aspire 8920G
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7 Pro
      • Monitor(s):
      • Optoma HD700X projector @ c. 90"
      • Internet:
      • Really, really ****

    Re: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    Hell yeah

  9. #9
    Banhammer in peace PeterB kalniel's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    31,025
    Thanks
    1,871
    Thanked
    3,383 times in 2,720 posts
    • kalniel's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra
      • CPU:
      • Intel i9 9900k
      • Memory:
      • 32GB DDR4 3200 CL16
      • Storage:
      • 1TB Samsung 970Evo+ NVMe
      • Graphics card(s):
      • nVidia GTX 1060 6GB
      • PSU:
      • Seasonic 600W
      • Case:
      • Cooler Master HAF 912
      • Operating System:
      • Win 10 Pro x64
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell S2721DGF
      • Internet:
      • rubbish

    Re: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    You know as I look at my savings, I wonder, ISA or JetPack?

    This just seams like insainly good value, putting such loonancy in the reach of the average joe. If there was a decent time share style program, I'd have at it
    Hehe true. Company cars can be more expensive...

  10. #10
    Butter king GheeTsar's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2009
    Location
    The shire of berks
    Posts
    2,106
    Thanks
    153
    Thanked
    260 times in 163 posts
    • GheeTsar's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P
      • CPU:
      • Intel i5 2500k
      • Memory:
      • Corsair 8GB
      • Storage:
      • Samsung EVO 850 1 TB + 2 x 1TB Storage
      • Graphics card(s):
      • ASUS Radeon R9 280X
      • PSU:
      • Tagan TG600-U33 600W
      • Case:
      • Fractal Design Define R3
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 10
      • Monitor(s):
      • Acer 24" 120Hz GD245HQ
      • Internet:
      • Virgin 100mb

    Re: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    Can you get it to run on renewable energy?

    Perhaps there could be a Redbull AirRace with high power jetpacks! That's could be fun.

  11. #11
    Seething Cauldron of Hatred TheAnimus's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    17,168
    Thanks
    803
    Thanked
    2,152 times in 1,408 posts

    Re: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    are you saying you wouldn't spend £5k on a 1 month time share on something like this if you had the money nocking about?

    I don't see the point in me buying a car right now (london) but this..... this i can see. (humms the theme from Thunderball)
    throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)

  12. #12
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Posts
    519
    Thanks
    2
    Thanked
    16 times in 14 posts
    • McPhee's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus P8H67 Pro
      • CPU:
      • Intel i5 2400
      • Memory:
      • 4GB Crucial DDR3-1033
      • Storage:
      • 128GB Kingston SSDNow V2+
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Asus GTX460
      • PSU:
      • BeQuiet 550W
      • Case:
      • Antec 900
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7
      • Monitor(s):
      • 19" Samsung 941BW
      • Internet:
      • 1Mbps

    Re: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    This thing is just pimping. Imagine flying to the pub (or even better, back from the pub. Catch me drink driving now coppers!) in one of these things

  13. #13
    Does he need a reason? Funkstar's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Aberdeen
    Posts
    19,874
    Thanks
    630
    Thanked
    965 times in 816 posts
    • Funkstar's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte EG45M-DS2H
      • CPU:
      • Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83GHz)
      • Memory:
      • 8GB OCZ PC2-6400C5 800MHz Quad Channel
      • Storage:
      • 650GB Western Digital Caviar Blue
      • Graphics card(s):
      • 512MB ATI Radeon HD4550
      • PSU:
      • Antec 350W 80+ Efficient PSU
      • Case:
      • Antec NSK1480 Slim Mini Desktop Case
      • Operating System:
      • Vista Ultimate 64bit
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell 2407 + 2408 monitors
      • Internet:
      • Zen 8mb

    Re: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    Can still be done for "drunk in charge of...", then there are all the aviation laws that go along with piloting an aircraft. I think you would get done harder than if you'd just driven

  14. #14
    Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Location
    The Future
    Posts
    105
    Thanks
    2
    Thanked
    4 times in 3 posts
    • Crazytom's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
      • CPU:
      • Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 OC @3.8GHz
      • Memory:
      • Kingston 4gb DDR2 1066Mhz
      • Storage:
      • Crucial M4 128GB SSD, Assorted HDDs
      • Graphics card(s):
      • ATI Radeon 4870
      • PSU:
      • Corsair VX450W
      • Case:
      • Antec P183
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7
      • Monitor(s):
      • LG Flatron 22"

    Re: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    Quote Originally Posted by Biscuit View Post
    I love totally pointless things that are still mega awesome
    Dont be such a buzzkill, it would be awesome! Theyd never catch you anyway, assuming you werent drunk enough to crash it

  15. #15
    Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Location
    The Future
    Posts
    105
    Thanks
    2
    Thanked
    4 times in 3 posts
    • Crazytom's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
      • CPU:
      • Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 OC @3.8GHz
      • Memory:
      • Kingston 4gb DDR2 1066Mhz
      • Storage:
      • Crucial M4 128GB SSD, Assorted HDDs
      • Graphics card(s):
      • ATI Radeon 4870
      • PSU:
      • Corsair VX450W
      • Case:
      • Antec P183
      • Operating System:
      • Windows 7
      • Monitor(s):
      • LG Flatron 22"

    Re: News - Martin Jetpack offers personal flight for a cool £58,000

    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    Can still be done for "drunk in charge of...", then there are all the aviation laws that go along with piloting an aircraft. I think you would get done harder than if you'd just driven
    My bad, meant to quote Funkstar with above post

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •