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Jet-Wing across the English Channel

nugget61

nugget61

Active Member
pilot
http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/fusionman-first-to-cross-the-english-channel-via-jet-wing/

Crossed the English channel in just under 10 minutes, in style. Video in first link.

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(Image via BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7637327.stm )
 
scoolbubba

scoolbubba

Brett327 gargles ballsacks
pilot
Contributor
No, that guy is effing awesome. Guys like him are the people who change the way the world does things.
 
PropAddict

PropAddict

Now with even more awesome!
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Contributor
Anyone else see this causing a rash of death-by-homemade-rocket-pack incidents??

Because, seriously, I think I can make one of these. . .
 
Raptor2216

Raptor2216

Registered User
I can't believe the reporter managed to passed on some more wrong info...or maybe I'm not surprised at all! This thing runs on micro turbines...not rockets.
 
ea6bflyr

ea6bflyr

Working Class Bum
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Say this in the news....Just AWESOME. Maybe SPECOPS could use a few of these.....

-ea6bflyr ;)
 
nugget61

nugget61

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Uncle Fester said:
All I can say is:

How much, and when the fuck can I buy one?
Click to expand...

They said his was mostly carbon fiber and cost ~190k on one of the articles I read about it. But I'm sure it can be made much cheaper, with only a slightly increased risk of death :D
 
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