5 coolest personal water powered ways to fly. You love water sports and you hate traffic jams, but you need a solution?
Well, water powered device to fly you over the traffic congestions could be one outright solution. No, it’s no future, water powered jetpacks and bikes have been made and it’s just matter of time before you’d be flying in one of your personal jetpack or a water powered bike. Though, the technology is really juvenile and nothing besides the likes of a Jetlev-Flyer or a Jetovator has enticed us so far, but it is surely the future of transportation. Hit the jump to see 5 most fascinating water powered ways to fly.
Jetlev-Flyer The Jetlev-Flyer is a personal water powered jetpack that weighs in at 30 pounds and is joined to a small boat that follows the jetpack where it flies, providing it with the water supply it requires to remain airborne. Official Site of the Flyboard in the US, Canada, Caribbean, Central America and South America. Flyboard Family Official. Home Made PWC "Human Dolphin" Flyboard Construction. First i'll explain what this is, then ill ask my question(s).
The human dolphin, as its been dubbed, is an attatchment to a personal water craft (jet ski/seadoo) build by Zapata Racing, an Italian company. It is baisicly a fire hose connected to a wakeboard, with four water jet exhuasts, two main eshuasts for vertical thrust under the operators feet and then two attatched to their arms for some steering and stability. It all seems to be operated fron an extended tension throttle wired up to the operators arm with an kill switch. Now, here is a video so everyone can see how amazing tihs is! 1)Has anyone ever seen this before, either someone in America who has purchased the attatchement or full device? 2) are there any plans for a DIY version of this online? 3)I have my Own Seadoo that has enough HP (from what ive read about this) to run the attatchment, any ideas on the specs for pipe sizes needed for accurate thrust and the materials needed to construct this? Zapata's outrageous, US$6,600 Flyboard - Aquaman meets Iron Man.
The Zapata Flyboard: Aquaman meets Iron Man Image Gallery (34 images) We don't think Franky Zapata knows what's about to hit him.
The French jet ski champion has just put together an absolutely insane leisure product, released a short video about it - and then took off on honeymoon, where presumably he's having about the least romantic getaway of his life as his phone and email inbox go absolutely bananas. And here it is: the Zapata Flyboard. This ingenious and deceptively simple device bolts on to the powerful motor of a jet ski, then routes the resulting water jet through a long hose that connects to a pair of jet boots and hand-held stabilizers. View all Details are fairly scant at the moment, as I can't distil too much from the video with my high-school French, but here's what we know. If you've got a friend handy, you can use the base, €4900 (US$6570) model, which gives control of the throttle to the jet ski operator. About the Author Post a CommentRelated Articles. Welcome to the Official Jetlev-Flyer Website.
Video: Inventor builds homemade jetpack using cheap spare parts. Earlier this year, a Canadian inventor caused a stir when he announced his company was taking orders for the world's first commercially-viable jetpack.
The water-powered Jetlev, invented by Raymond Li, offered the kind of thrill ride of that sci-fi fans have been waiting for. It allowed the pilot to stay airborne for two hours and came equipped with a 225 horsepower motor that generated speeds of up to 24 mph. But at a price tag that hovered around $100,000, you can almost hear the collective groan. However, Bob Wilson, an inventor, decided not to take the news siting up, or for that matter, even standing up. He rounded up a series of random spare parts and pieced together his own water-powered aircraft called the "H20 Jet Pack. " "I said, 'Well, shoot, I'm going up to the farm in Idaho in August,'" Wilson told the Orange County Register. Jeb Corliss " Grinding The Crack". Alexander Polli, Tracksuit, Wingsuit Flying: Reality Of Human Flight. Yves Rossy: Fly with the Jetman.